Genital Herpes

Genital Herpes For my human sexuality research paper, I have chosen to write about sexual transmitted diseases. Sexual transmitted diseases, also called STDs, are a growing problem that America faces year after year. When people talk about STDs, the main kind that comes to mind is HIV and AIDS. However, there are many other STDs out there that are threatening the lives of millions. The sexual transmitted disease that I will be writing about is …

…that enables it to persist within the body so it is difficult to cure it completely. The virus can be attacked, however, with medications called antiviral drugs. Although these cannot get rid of the infection, they help many people with herpes control the infection and keep symptoms to a minimum. Antiviral drugs can be taken daily in small doses to prevent herpes symptoms or can be taken in larger doses when sign and symptoms appear.