Patient: Can herpes be cured? Doctor: There is no good cure for genital herpes. The standard of cure is: 6 months after treatment without recurrence and 3-4 negative serum antibody tests is considered cured. Since the disease can be transmitted sexually, it is crucial that you are cured. It is important to avoid sexual contact especially when the disease is active. Because if a pregnant woman is infected with HSV virus in early pregnancy it can cause fetal malformation, stunting, even miscarriage, stillbirth, etc. Infection in the last 3 months of pregnancy is more likely to lead to neonatal herpes and can also threaten the life of the newborn.