The human body is the only place the virus can survive and therefore cannot be contracted from inanimate objects or things. Generally intimacy with an infected person is what leads to contraction of the disease.
This type of herpes is highly contagious and is prevalent worldwide, mainly because of the ease of its transference. Besides, as mentioned earlier, people who are infected are not even aware that they have the disease since it does not show any sign or symptoms.
Since infection generally happens during sexual contact, you must be extremely careful and observant of the people you are dealing with. You should at least endeavour to really know your prospective partner before you even think about becoming intimate.
Blisters form in the genital and anal areas when you have genital herpes and the condition goes the same for both men and women. The objective of undergoing treatment is not to cure the infection because there is not cure for genital herpes, but to stop if from spreading even more. Latest studies show that over one million people catch this virus every year.
The speed by which the number of contamination spread is quite alarming. The incidences of infection are more prevalent among the poor countries where they citizens are uneducated and also among drug users. Persons who are sexually active and have different partners will be highly predisposed to the infection.
Most of the people who get infected do not recognize the symptoms, or even stranger, they do not experience any symptoms what so ever. "Fever blisters" as people use to call the genital herpes, can also be transmitted from an infected individual to a healthy individual by kissing. There is one other way genital herpes can be transmitted and that is by sexual contact. In that case, the sores resulted from the infection look pretty much the same as the ones in the genital area. These cases are rare, but they exist.
You must also be aware that if any contact is made at the skin level between an infected individual and a healthy one could lead to the contamination of the last one.
A great number of people are carriers of the virus and yet are not aware of it, thus causing its rapid spread. Sometimes, when symptoms appear, the infected person just ignores the pain until it heals by itself. On the contrary, the infected person, instead of ignoring the symptoms should take immediate steps to go for treatment to contain the infection and practice safe, protected sex. It will be prudent to be always observant of the people around you. What you know about people you are dealing with, at least in the physical aspect, could save you from an incurable disease such as genital herpes.
