The Two Types of Herpes

The Herpes disease is one of those sexually transmitted diseases that are considered the most common. Also, this disease is a viral infection that's very common. Once a person develops a cold sore then he or she must have the herpes disease and he/she will have it probably for the rest of his/her life for the simple reason that there is quite no cure that's been discovered at this present time. Also, if a person has contracted the herpes disease, he/she should not think of being alone since there are a lot of people out there --- around 1 in 6 adults in fact, who are also victims of the genital herpes. Furthermore, it has been projected officially that there are around eighty million Americans who have contracted herpes of one particular form or another.
A given fact is that there are about eighty variations of herpes virus that are identified so far, however there are only 8 of the total variations which can be held responsible for such herpes disease in the human population. The herpes simplex 1 and herpes simplex 2 have been the most common of these variations. Some other common viruses of the herpes disease that are able to affect humans may include the shingles (herpes zoster) or the chickenpox (varicella zoster).