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Video Title: Genital Warts & Other Effects (HPV #2)
Video Description: Information and facts on how to treat herpes outbreaks, also how to prevent herpes outbreaks. Herpes medical treatment options and transmission prevention fact video.
Video Length: 3:10
Website Video Taken From: You Tube
Date Video Added: May 28, 2008
Views Since 1-26-09: 1,269,737
User reviews: It goes away according to your health. men are the carriers and rarely have any symptoms.
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- The second type of Herpes virus is known as HSV-2, or Herpes Simplex Virus type 2. Type two herpes is the type that usually causes genital herpes.
- Infection of HSV-2 is more common in women (1 in 4) than in men (1 in 5).
- According to ASHA, infected people usually experience 4-5 outbreaks of genital herpes per year, with each outbreak decreasing in severity.
- Genital Herpes cannot be cured. Although, medication will decrease the frequency and severity of outbreaks.
- National trend data on the seroprevalence of HSV-2 among those aged 14 to 49 years from the NHANES survey years 1999-2004 were compared with survey years 1988-1994.
- Seroprevelance has decreased from 21% in 1988-1994 to 17.0% in 1999-2004.
- After including data on African Americans and caucasians from NHANES survey, years 1976-1980, African Americans had higher seroprevalence than caucasians for each survey period and age group.
In 1999-2004, the overall percentage of survey participants who reported having been diagnosed with genital herpes was 3.8%.7
- In between the latter part of the 1970s and the early 1990s, the number of Americans that became infected increased by 30%. This percentage has significantly declined from the 90’s through 2004.
HSV-2 seroprevalence is reportedly decreasing, yet most people that are infected with HSV-2 have not even been diagnosed. Increased recognition of infection will increase as soon as a permanent treatment is created.