What exactly are herpes and what do they cause?

What exactly are herpies and what do they cause?
How would a person get them also.

its an std. some people who have it don't even know because they se eno signs of it. it can take up to 10 years to see any signs. I had it for about a yr and a half and I didnt see any signs until last week. just 3 little bumps. it wasn't was I expected but they did hurt when I walked because the spot they were in. if you have it, as long as your clean and careful with it youll be fine but dont be stupid and had unprotected sex on it, that just makes it worse and spreads it

herpies are what happens when you have sex with diffent people everyday and its a std and you can not die from it it only makes your vagay all red and grossness and I know this cause my sister told me and you will learn it in sex-ed class in school

herpes is a virus that can spread from person to person through skin contact. it can appear on different parts of the body and is usually causes a cluster of blisters, but sometimes people have little or no symptoms at all.
Conditions caused by herpes is cold sores, genital herpes, herpes whitlow, chickenpox, and shingles.

Have you ever had a mouth sore (canker sore)? That is a herpes sore. You can have them in or around your mouth, and on your genitals. They are transmitted through physical contact.

k1mm1e .. you said you get herpes from having sex w.differernt people everyday. ACTUALLY, no. you could be the cleanest person in the world like me and be in a steady relationship with olne person and al it takes is them to cheat on you with a dirty btch and they come back and give you a disease. theres people out there who had sex with 1 person and one person only and thats the one they got herpes, or even aids from. so sluts arent neccisarioly the only ones who get it. it makes your 'vagay all red and grossness' ... yeah if your a dirty btch and you dont take care of it. like I said, I had it for almost 2 years, I saw no signs until LAST WEEK all it was was one little bump that turns into 3 and they were gone in a week. my 'vagay' was not all 'red&grossness' like you said .. it wasnt what I expected and it definately wasnt that serious. its not as bad and as gross as everyone builds it up to be. and it doesnt always come in clusters. ou can have 1 or 3 at a time and thats it. as long as you clean it a lot and dont have sex your fine.