How Much Do You Know About Genital Herpes? Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted disease in the United States. About one in five teens and adults have genital herpes , according to the CDC. Find out more about genital herpes by taking this quiz, based on information from the CDC.
4. Early symptoms of genital herpes include which of the following?
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Most people infected with the virus, however, never have any symptoms, so they aren't aware that they have herpes. If symptoms appear with the first attack, they show up within two to 10 days after contracting the virus and continue for two to three weeks. Within a few days of the initial symptoms, sores appear in the genital area. Other symptoms include fever,
headache , muscle aches, painful or difficult urination, and swollen glands. Subsequent outbreaks of the virus involve only mild symptoms confined to the area where the lesion appears and usually last about a week.
7. What should a pregnant woman with HSV do to avoid passing the virus on to her baby?
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If a woman gets HSV while pregnant, she can pass the virus on to her unborn child. About half of babies infected with HSV in the womb die or suffer nerve damage. If a woman has an outbreak during pregnancy, but it's not her first outbreak, the chances of passing on the virus are low. A woman who has an outbreak during labor with sores around or in the vagina should have a
cesarean delivery to protect the newborn from contracting the virus.
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