What are cold sores? Cold sores, also known as fever blisters, are small red sores that occur occasionally on or near your lips or in your mouth. They actually have nothing to do with colds or with fevers; they're caused by a virus called herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). How do you get cold sores? Nearly nine out of 10 Americans are infected with the cold sore virus at some point in their liv...

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What is it? Genital herpes is a common sexually-transmitted infection that can cause painful genital sores on both men and women. It's caused by a virus called herpes simplex virus type 2, or HSV-2. An estimated one in five American adults and teens has genital herpes. It's somewhat more common in women than in men. Once you're infected, the virus stays with you, and there's a good chance that th...

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