Genital Herpes Facts - Oral Herpes Facts

If you are worried that you may have contracted the herpes virus (HSV) from a partner or have been diagnosed with herpes by your doctor you may want to know some facts and statistics about the conduction. With a basic understanding of the conduction you can become more educated about herpes, which will help you ensure that you don’t pass the virus onto others or help you decrease your chances of contracting the virus in the future.
There are Lots of rumours and false facts spread throughout the internet about herpes, leading to people been unsure what to make of it and how to deal with the virus. We hope these facts we can give you a quick insight and help you get a better understanding of herpes. Some of these statistics include both herpes simplex type 1 and 2.

Approximately 20% of the people with genital herpes (HSP2) will never have any symptoms.

Approximately 80% of people who catch genital herpes (HSV2) will have at least one recurrence, while only 50% of people who catch the cold sore virus (HSV1) will experience a recurrence.

About 1 billion people (one-sixth of the world's population) - are infected with HSV2 virus

There is no cure for herpes, but treatment is available to reduce symptoms and decrease the risk of transmission to your partner.

Studies have shown that the vast majority (80-90%) of people who have genital herpes have not been diagnosed.

Genital herpes is more common in women than in men. About 1 in 5 women aged 14 - 49 years will have the virus, as opposed to 1 in 9 men within the same age limit.

Herpes affects both men and women and can occur at any age.

The number of cases of genital herpes has gone up by over 30% in the last decade.

The genital herpes virus increases the risk of you catching HIV by 2 to 4 times as HSV2 is an ulcerative disease.

There are more cases of genital herpes than there are of all other viral STDs combined.

More than 80% of the adult population has oral herpes and a recent study suggests this number could be 98% among adults.

In the USA there are over 1 million new cases diagnosed each year. This is over 100 per hour.

The more sex partners you have, the higher the risk of you getting, or having already caught, genital herpes.

If the number of people infected with genital herpes continues to grow at the present rate, nearly half of the US adult population will have genital herpes.

Twenty percent to 25 percent of pregnant women have genital herpes.

You can get genital herpes even if your partner shows no signs of the infection.

There are over 50 million people in the USA with the genital herpes virus, this is 20% of the population. Although there are millions of people who are unaware they have it making the real figure a lot higher.

3 million of these 50 million people suffer recurrent outbreaks of genital herpes as often as four times a year

More African Americans (45.9%) have genital herpes than white Caucasian (17.6%)

The following graph shows how the number of people visiting a sexual health clinic for herpes has increased over the last 40+ years.

Source: IMS Health, Integrated Promotional Services™. IMS Health Report, 1966–2009

These are just some basic facts on herpes, but hopefully these facts will make you more aware and knowledgeable about the HSV virus. However people don’t tend to know they have contracted HSV until they develop visible signs of it, which can increase the risk in contracting other more serious medical diseases in the future, which is why it is important to get yourself checked out by your doctor.

There are many treatment options available for those who have herpes – which can be purchased on you treatment page our site with no prescription.