Know your partners history and be honest about yours. Here are some answers we gave to a question about genital warts. Spread - Via most intimate touching, including intercourse, kissing, and caressing infected areas. Carried in vaginal secretions, pre-ejaculate, semen, saliva, blood, and on the skin surface. Symptoms - A rash of blistery, often painful sores that appear between 2 and 20 days of infection.
Person is infected as long as sores are present, and sometimes even when no sores are present.
Treatment - There is no cure for Herpes. Symptoms may be controlled with medication. Protect yourself with latex or polyeurethane condoms during vaginal or anal intercourse, and dental dams or condoms during oral sex. Know your partners history and be honest about your own. For more information, see The International Herpes Management Forum .