• Alopecia
• Acniform eruptions
• Benign tumors
• Bullous diseases
• Dermoscopy
• Nevi, melanoma
• Nonmelanoma cancer
• Psoriasis and others
• Stds
• Vascular tumors
• Vulvar disease

• Herpes simplex
• Genital Herpes Simplex Introduction STD
• Genital Herpes Simplex Risk factors and Rate of Transmission
• Previous HSV type 1 infection
• Genital Herpes Simplex Primary and Recurrent Infections
• Genital Herpes Simplex Signs and Symptoms
• Genital Herpes Simplex Latency and Reactivation STD
• Genital Herpes Simplex Recurrent Infection STD
• Genital Herpes Simplex Frequency of Recurrence
• Genital Herpes Simplex Anatomic Site
• Genital Herpes Simplex Asymptomatic transmission
• Genital Herpes Simplex Prevention
• Genital Herpes Simplex Laboratory diagnosis
• Genital Herpes Simplex Serology
• Genital Herpes Simplex Testing Pregnant Women
• Genital Herpes Simplex Monogamous Couples
• Genital Herpes Simplex STD Treatment
• Genital Herpes Simplex Daily Treatment Suppressive Therapy
• Genital Herpes Simplex During Pregnancy
• Warts (HPV infection)
• Genital Warts HPV Introduction and Causes STD
• Genital Warts HPV Screening Tests
• Genital Warts HPV Interpretation of Test Results
• Genital Warts HPV The HPV DNA Test
• Genital Warts HPV Lesion and Location
• Genital Warts HPV Lesion Types STD
• Genital Warts HPV Subclinical Lesions
• Genital Warts HPV Bowenoid Papulosis STD
• Genital Warts HPV Clinical Evaluation STD
• Genital Warts HPV Differential diagnosis
• Genital Warts HPV Treatment STD
• Genital Warts HPV Treatment Approach to Therapy
• Molluscum Contagiosum
• Molluscum Contagiosum STD Introduction
• Molluscum Contagiosum Clinical manifestations
• Molluscum Contagiosum Diagnosis
• Molluscum Contagiosum Treatment
• Syphilis
• Syphilis Epidemiology STD
• Syphilis Treponema Pallidum
• Syphilis Causes STD
• Incubating Syphilis
• Secondary Syphilis STD
• Syphilis Latency
• Congenital Syphilis
• Early Congenital Syphilis
• Late Congenital Syphilis
• Syphilis Laboratory Diagnosis
• Syphilis Serologic Tests
• Syphilis Nontreponemal Reaginic Tests
• Syphilis Specific Treponemal Tests
• False-Positive Serologic Test for Syphilis
• Syphilis Treatment STD
• Chancroid
• Chancroid STD Introduction
• Chancroid Clinical presentation
• Chancroid Diagnosis
• Chancroid Treatment STD
• Chancroid Syndromic management
• Lymphogranuloma venereum
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum STD Introduction
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum Clinical features
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum Laboratory diagnosis
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum Treatment
• Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)
• Donovanosis Granuloma Inguinale STD Introduction
• Donovanosis Granuloma Inguinale STD Clinical apperances
• Donovanosis Granuloma Inguinale STD Diagnostic tests
• Donovanosis Granuloma Inguinale STD Treatment

Genital Herpes Simplex Introduction STD

Introduction Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is primarily a disease of young adults. It is a recurrent, life-long infection. There are two serotypes: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Most genital cases are caused by HSV-2. At least 50 million persons in the United States have genital HSV infection. Sexual encounters are often delayed or avoided for fear of acquiring or transmitting the disease. The psychologic implications are obvious. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 is not an etiologic factor in cervical cancer as was once suspected.

Most persons infected with HSV-2 have not been diagnosed. Many have mild or unrecognized infections but shed virus intermittently in the genital tract. Most genital herpes infections are transmitted by persons unaware that they have the infection or who are asymptomatic when transmission occurred. The first-episode genital infection may be severe. Herpes simplex infection of the penis, vulva, and rectum is pathophysiologically identical to herpes infection in other areas.

Prevalence From 1988 to 1994, the seroprevalence of HSV-2 in persons 12 years of age or older in the United States was 21.9 percent, corresponding to 45 million infected people. HSV-2 is now detectable in one of five persons 12 years of age or older in the United States.