Sexually Transmitted diseases (STD’s), or what are now referred to as Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) are never a pleasant experience. The herpes virus is especially detrimental because once the virus enters into the body it utilizes the body as a host for life; There is currently no cure for the herpes virus. There are only medications that are used to control and lessen the pain and symptoms of an outbreak. The only way to ensure that you will not come into contact with this virus is to abstain from intercourse or only choose partners that have been tested and have come back negative for the virus. Using protection such as condoms with an unknown partner cannot guarantee that you will not become infected if the person is a carrier of the virus, open sores can be present on areas that a condom may not cover. (more…)