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Herpes

Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) passed on through vaginal, anal and oral sex. Treatment from a sexual health clinic can help.

Blisters are the main symptom of herpes, they can clear up on their own but can come back.

Treatment for herpes

There's no cure for genital herpes. Symptoms clear up by themselves, but the blisters can come back (an outbreak or recurrence).
A doctor or nurse at the sexual health clinic will:

  • Ask about your symptoms and your sexual partners

  • Use a small cotton bud (swab) to take some fluid from one of your blisters or sores for testing

  • You may be prescribed antiviral medicine to stop the symptoms getting worse – you need to start taking this within 5 days of the symptoms appearing

  • You may be prescribed cream for the pain.

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