Genital Herpes Discussion

10523A young man presents to his primary care physician with genital lesions and is told that he has herpes. He refuses to believe this diagnosis because he is in a long-standing relationship with a woman who clearly has never shown signs of vaginal herpes lesions.

1)Construct an informative response to this patient.

2)Thinking about part (a) of this question, explain why the number of people in the United States who have genital herpes may be a lot higher than official statistics depict.