You can actually get a lot of information by just reading some of the past posts.

STD (STI) as the name implies is sexually transmitted diseases/Infection. They are transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids (sexual intercourse/oral/anal sex) and in the case of HIV and Hep.C, it can also infect you if it enters your blood stream as well (Many HIV positive individuals were infected through the sharing of needles).

Herpes is an exception because it's also a skin disease as well as an STI. You do not need to have sex to get Herpes, just kissing (esp if there's are sores present in the mouth) can infect you. There are 2 variants, HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 usually appears around the mouth and HSV-2 usually appears on your genitals, but it is not uncommon to also find HSV-1 on your genital areas and HSV-2 strains infecting the mouth area.

There is no cure for herpes, once you get it. It stays with you for life and outbreaks and recurrence can happen from as low as nothing in a persons lifetime to 1 or 6 times or more in a year. The only treatments are topical creams and suppressive daily anti-viral drugs (usually prescribed for HSV-2 but may also be prescribed for HSV-1).

And yes, a person can infect others even if there's no symptoms but herpes is a very common thing especially HSV-1 and there's a lot of people that is infected with it.

The bad news is, HSV-1 can also infect the genital areas but is much less likely to recur in that region as compared to HSV-2 and vice versa. In any case, HSV-1 & 2 outbreaks become less and less frequent as your body builds its immunity over time.

Possible but very highly unlikely as the virus does not survive very well in normal environment. The window of survival for the herpes virus in normal environment is approximately 10s or less and approximately 15 to 30 mins on a damp towel under optimal conditions. Under lab controlled environment, it has been known to survive for longer than 30mins to a day but again - it's under a controlled environment without any other external influence. In real world environment, there are other germs and factors which will eliminate the herpes virus very easily.

Similarly, you can't get infected by herpes or any other STDs for that matter by just sitting on the toilet bowl.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. HSV-1 is very common and many people around the world are infected with it since childhood due to many factors unrelated to sex.

Can't really worry it all or you'll end up never having sex. If anything, herpes is an annoyance, one that comes and goes and one that can spread through sharing of utensils or skin contact (even if sores are not present). Fortunately, it is mostly harmless and tends to recur less as you grow older.

There are some dangers to herpes, but limited to pregnancy cases and that's an entirely different scenario altogether.

any doctor or expert here?

i suspected that i have either one of HPV/HSV...
can anyone tell me what to do??

im 18YO,i have sex no more than 5 times(no oral/anal sex),and it was few years ago,i'm single now...there's symptom few months ago,at 1st i though was minor infection,and try to clean it everyday,after that just found out it cant be goneT.Ti try to research on the internet,found out it was quite similar to HSV/HPV(genital Herpes/Warts)~~~i'm very depressed,and feel ashamed to tell my parent,i try to stay away from anyone else since i found out...im asking myself to stay strong and face it,but i scare my parent and my friend cant face the truth T.T

Doctor/Expert please quide me what should do T.T
i know it's incurable,is there any hospital/clinic that i can check out or atleast prevent the outbreak? melaka/KL/JB should be fine,but melaka is preferable...

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

For HIV there is a simple test that requires no blood, just using saliva. I have used it myself many times cos afraid of blood and blood infectious. My friend introduced it to me. said only 2 in the world using saliva. Both US and both 99.8% accurate, can do at home and private. One more expansive than the other but both ok. I buy on line from www.rapid-kits.com and they deliver in plain envelope. Very safe and private. Cannot tell you how relief I feel after checking. Especially since work also require annual check up so always check before just in case. Lol.