For Teen Vogue , by Lauren Duca. We treat herpes as a punishment or a punchline, when really it's a simple fact of being a sexually active person. Two-thirds of the world has herpes , and one in two teens will be diagnosed with an STDs by the time they are It's ridiculous that there is such confusion around something so common, and Ella Dawson is here to help dismantle the stigma. In a recent TEDx talk, she took on the obstacle of misinformation with facts and observations from her own experiences living with genital herpes.

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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease STD. There's no cure for genital herpes, but medicines can help control the infection. STDs also called sexually transmitted infections or STIs are infections that spread through sex vaginal, oral, or anal or close sexual contact. Most people with genital herpes don't have any symptoms. They may not even know they are infected. Some people with genital herpes can have "outbreaks" of sores in the genital and anal area. Genitals are the sexual or reproductive organs that are on the outside of the body.