Herpes has been around since ancient times. Herpes is incurable and finding a cure for herpes is proving so hard due to the fact that it hides in the nerve endings between outbreaks. It is for this reason that your body's defense mechanism which is the immune system cannot destroy the herpes virus as it does with other viruses.

Herpes outbreaks are lesions that can be found on the genitals or around the pubic areas. After the herpes outbreak has run its course the virus lies dormant in the nerves, normally until your immune system gets lowered by stress or sickness, causing another outbreak. This is why it is proving so difficult to find a herpes cure, it does not live in the cells it hides in the nerves when dormant.

Currently many people are researching to try to find a herpes cure. However right now the only form of medication is that which helps suppress the herpes outbreaks and topical treatments to kill the virus once an outbreak occurs.

The mere fact that herpes is a virus is what makes it difficult to find a herpes cure. Normally your body's immune system will deal with and destroy any viruses it finds but that fact that the herpes virus retreats and hides so well in the nerves when in the dormant phase makes finding a herpes cure a more difficult task.

Being careful cannot cure herpes, however...

Just using some good old fashioned level-headedness can go a long way to ensure you don't come into contact with this incurable virus. Always have protected sex. This is not infallible but will help in most cases.

Also oral sex is another primary source of herpes infection. Oral infections on the inside of the mouth are happening more and more every day. So when any oral sexual activity is being considered one could also use some form of protection as well. Again, the protection is not a herpes cure but it just reduces the risk of becoming infected.

If you are searching for an absolutely sure way to avoid getting herpes, you will need to think about abstaining from all sexual contact.