What is Herpes?
7. Complications
The symptoms of genital herpes are not serious and will usually pass with no real harm being done. However, the disease can sometimes go on to cause potentially dangerous complications. One of these is that the disease can cause some people to develop an inflamed bladder, which will sometimes need treatment.
The disease can also be passed on to newborn babies from their mother, potentially resulting in blindness, brain damage, and even death. The rectum can become inflamed, and people with the disease are more likely to contract other sexually transmitted diseases. Genital herpes can even go on to cause meningitis in a small number of cases.
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