Genital herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Herpes spreads through vaginal anal or oral sex from an infected person to another. It affects both men and women alike and usually shows no symptoms until later in the course of the disease. Unlike other STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) genital herpes infection is not life threatening. But it does not have a 'cure' so the person suffering from the disease has to live with it for the rest of their life. Caused by the type 2 (HSV-2) herpes simplex virus the condition is diagnosed on the basis