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2. almost fact: Some types can be cured, but others can't.

There is no cure for herpes. You can ease your symptoms, but the virus will always live in your cells once you have it.

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2. almost fact: There are eight types.

There are eight types -- their official names include a number, and most have a common name, too.

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2. almost fact: Most types are airborne.

Yes, most kinds of herpes are transmitted through fluids, like mucus, semen and saliva.

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2. almost fact: The virus will die after a few seconds on a utensil, so you don't need to worry about that.

Nope, don't share that spoon -- you can indeed get herpes from a utensil.

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2. almost fact: It's the other way around: HSV-1 is oral herpes and HSV-2 is genital herpes.

HSV-1 is oral herpes and HSV-2 is genital herpes.

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2. almost fact: The early- to mid-twenties is the most common time to get herpes.

Nope, it's even earlier. Most people acquire herpes as children.

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2. almost fact: A small number of herpes carriers are unaware, but most have had an outbreak.

Many people who have herpes have no idea because their symptoms have never flared up.

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2. almost fact: It's more like 90 percent.

Yes, about 60 percent of American adults have HSV-1, or oral herpes.

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2. almost fact: Try 10 percent.

Nope, about 20 percent carry the HSV-2 virus.

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2. almost fact: Cold sores will show up on about half of infected people.

Experts say around 20 to 40 percent of infected people get cold sores.

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2. almost fact: The baby will still probably be infected, even with a C-section.

The only way you can pass genital herpes to your newborn is if you have a vaginal delivery during an outbreak. So a C-section would be safe.

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2. almost fact: The nerve-cell cluster is inside your cheek.

The HSV-1 infection lives near your ear, in the trigeminal ganglion.

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2. almost fact: Abreva has been proven to work.

Abreva is the only cold-sore treatment that has been shown to heal sores.

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2. almost fact: The link is between HSV and Parkinson's disease.

A definitive link hasn't been proven, but studies have associated HSV with Alzheimer's

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2. almost fact: It's the other way around.

OK, perhaps that was a little confusing. Long story short, you're more likely to get oral herpes on your genitals than the other way around.

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2. almost fact: The chicken pox virus is similar to herpes, but it's not categorized as such.

Chicken pox and shingles are caused by the varicella zoster virus, otherwise known as human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3).

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2. almost fact: It's the Epstein-Barr virus.

HHV-4 is better known as the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). It causes between 35 and 50 percent of mononucleosis cases in adolescents and young adults.

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2. almost fact: You might pass it on, but it's about a 40 percent chance.

The scary-sounding cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital virus -- but it's not definite that your baby will get it. That happens with about 40 percent of women who acquire it during pregnancy.

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2. almost fact: Almost all 2-year-olds have it.

Almost everyone gets HHV-6 by the time they're 2. It usually presents as a rash called roseola, but most people don't have any symptoms.

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2. almost fact: It's related to HIV infection.

Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of cancer associated with HHV-8. If HIV infection weakens the immune system, it allows HHV-8 to manifest itself.