Herpes Symptoms: Understanding and Identifying Potential Infections

Doctors claim that one in four adults have herpes. Here's how to know if you've got it too.

Instructions

• 1

  If your partner has herpes and you do not use protection during sex, there is a good chance you will get it too.

• 2

  If you have itching, burning or bumps two weeks after exposure to herpes, you may have herpes.

• 3

  If your partner has oral herpes, it is possible to spread that type to the genitals as well. In fact, this type of herpes is now becoming wide spread.

• 4

  See your doctor. Your doctor will perform a test to either rule out or diagnose herpes.