One of the most common diseases that can be transmitted sexually is herpes. In fact there are now more than twenty percent of infected people in this country and this is according to the parenthood planned. Unfortunately, there is still no cure for herpes and this can be devastating for a lot of people but it can be prevented with the help of the vaccination. At present, there are herpes vaccinations that can help prevent the spreading of the disease, but none for people who already have the said disease. These vaccinations won’t be ideal since these are not for treatment. However, they can still have the vaccination shots after the symptoms of herpes are gone to prevent the disease from reoccurring again.
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Last September, an infant died in a hospital at Brooklyn after being diagnosed of having herpes because of the
circumcision religious ritual, according to the New York Daily News. Unfortunately, this is not the first case that happened to an infant because there are many infants out there who died after contracting the virus. This can be devastating for a lot of mothers since they have carried those infants in their wombs knowing that they will soon die because of this herpes virus. Some people think that the baby can only acquire the virus if their mothers have the disease. But the truth is it is not the only cause because based on the studies and research of medical practitioners there are other causes why infants develop herpes after they are born. One of the most common causes is the circumcision procedure that is being done to infants by certain rituals nowadays.
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