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Can Children Catch Oral Herpes?
Can Children Catch Herpes? It sounds like a pretty shocking question to ask doesn’t it? When people think of herpes, they usually think of a nasty sexually transmitted disease that is transmitted between sexually promiscuous people. Although herpes can sometimes be transmitted through sexual intercourse, what most people don’t realize is that over half the... »
Can You Give Someone Genital Herpes if you Have Oral Herpes?
Can you give someone oral herpes if you have genital herpes? There are two primary forms of the herpes simplex virus, herpes type I and herpes type II. Herpes simplex type I occurs primarily in and around the mouth and is more commonly referred to as oral herpes or cold sores. Herpes simplex type... »
Information about Oral Herpes
Herpes Simplex I – also known as oral herpes or cold sores is a very common skin condition. It is estimated that somewhere between fifty to eight percent of the adult population in the United States has oral herpes with many of them receiving it as children through an innocent kiss from a friend... »