However, in some cases, HSV-1 can do far more than stop people from wanting to kiss or share cups with you for a few weeks. It can infect the eye and sometimes lead to blindness. The virus ...

A mother has issued a warning to other parents after her son came home from daycare with a common illness that left her with a glass stent in her eye.

Did you know there has been a hidden epidemic sweeping the world? A new study finds nearly a billion people are dealing with a painful and socially traumatizing infection that has no cure.

This article will focus on HSV-1 infection of the cornea and the resulting ... preventing pathogens and foreign objects from entering the eye. To properly serve its visual function, the cornea ...

The most common types of eye infections are viral conjunctivitis ... own within a few weeks," she said. "When caused by herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus (same virus that is responsible ...

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms ...

Asymptomatic herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is well described, but its natural history and relative transmissibility remain unclear. In this prospective study, researchers evaluated ...