Definitive diagnosis may not be possible if the sores are dried or scabbed by the time you see a clinician. If you think you have herpes, it is important to have a diagnosis early in the outbreak. While no cure for HSV exists, symptoms can be relieved. Valacyclovir and acyclovir can reduce recurrences. Partners should refrain from sexual intimacy from the time they know the blisters are going to recur until after the scabs have completely fallen off the healed sores.
Condoms offer some protection against the virus between outbreaks.
More than 60 types of HPVs exist, causing a variety of warts and other conditions and can stay in the system for life. A few HPVs cause genital warts, but most genital HPV infections are not visible and have no symptoms. Some of these are associated with cancer of the cervix, vulva or penis. Genital warts are soft to the touch, may look like miniature cauliflower florets, and often itch. Untreated genital warts can grow to block the openings of the vagina, anus, or throat and become quite uncomfortable.