Comments for Genital Herpes Information

Comment on So you can get Herpes from just kissing or sharing drinks? by Spring

Spring — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:39:51 +0000

Yes, you are right…..Herpes is very contagious. It spreads via skin-to-skin contact. So many people have it and don’t even know it because the virus remains latent and no symptoms show. Herpes is not usually a part of STD screening. Also,it usually takes 3 months after exposure for Herpes to show up in a blood test. After 3 months the virus can remain latent and you can test negative even though you have it. What you can do is take daily Valtrex if you know you have it, use a condom, be open with sexual partners and use a dental dam for oral sex. Oral Herpes is spread easily as well and can be transfered from sharing things like chapstick, cups,kissing etc. If you have a cold sore and give oral sex you can also give that person genital Herpes. It is a very trickey virus!
That is true,people can go years without showing symptoms and all of a sudden something pops up. That is why it is difficult to detect who transmitted it because it literally could have been from anywhere. People often transmit it to others unknowingly because they didn’t know they had it.

Comment on Herpes blood test question? by Geaux LSU Tigers!!!

Geaux LSU Tigers!!! — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:31:05 +0000

I’m certain they can differentiate between types 1 and 2, as they are different. If it’s positive, you better go with that.

Comment on Staying with a b/f because afraid of rejection due to STD? by Honeyface

Honeyface — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:07:43 +0000

Yes, you should move on. And I think it is hard to say you have herpes if you have never had symptoms…could it be that you current boyfriend is messing with you? If you have genital herpes, then you really know it.

Comment on So you can get Herpes from just kissing or sharing drinks? by Wulfie

Wulfie — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:28:26 +0000

Yep. In fact, kissing is probably the #1 way people get HSV I.

Comment on HPV?Freaking me out =/? by Alli

Alli — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:15:43 +0000

Having normal pap smears is great! That’s what you want!

I have had HPV and genital herpes for over 6 years now. I have had several abnormal pap smears, but I have also had several normal ones too. I’ve also had a Leep procedure done to remove cancerous cells on my cervix. When a women has HPV the best news she can hear is “your pap was normal”! I wish I could hear that every time I go! I’ve been going to my OBGYN every 4 months for a pap smear for the last 6 years! Even though it’s annoying, it’s much better than having to go through having cervical cancer again!

Don’t let your mind get the best of you! A lot of people tend to think they have certain illnesses and diseases even though they don’t. Just wait until you get your pap done on Tuesday and see what they have to say. You might also want to ask them about the new vaccine for HPV called Gardasil! Good luck to you!

Comment on Relationship with genital herpes carrier, how long before you get the disease? by DIVA 31

DIVA 31 — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:57:34 +0000

Well, The other person might never get the disease. The person that is the carrier has to be very careful and not to endure in sexual contact during an outbreak and let you know what is going on with her body at the time.. You can actually have a life with someone that has herpes. The disease is not deadly, you can’t die from it, it just hangs around like old luggage. Make sure that you really love that person and plan to be with them for a long period of time.

Comment on Is it possible to get vaginal Herpes by sharing under clothes or pants? by just me

just me — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:48:36 +0000

i wouldn’t even wear someone elses closed PERIOD…………

Comment on How easily can herpes spread though touching? by Gaby

Gaby — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:16:39 +0000

If any of one you have herpes, then yes, touching in any way may get one of you to contract it. & If one of you have STD’s and you have unprotected sex, you could get it or transfer it to him. However, if neither of you have herpes or STD’s, you both really can’t get it because those diseases do not happen spontaneously.

Comment on My gf has cold sores and we kissed then she gave me oral sex before telling me she had cold sores? by jobinoj

jobinoj — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:27:35 +0000

It is easier to pass oral herpes to the mouth than the genitals, so it is more likely that you would get cold sores. But it is possible to get it in both places, so be careful in the future and ask your doctor if you can be tested.

Comment on Relationship with genital herpes carrier, how long before you get the disease? by mayflower25

mayflower25 — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:52:31 +0000

I caught genital herpes from my partner, but he didn’t have genital herpes himself, he just got occasional cold sores, which are caused by the oral herpes virus.

The oral herpes virus hsv-1 when it is on the mouth is actually slightly more infectious than genital hsv-2 – about 17-18% of the time. Unlike most people, we actually knew oral herpes can be passed to the genitals through oral sex – my boyfriend is a nurse and he made me aware of the risk. However, we both thought it could only be passed around the time he had a sore, so he scrupulously avoided any time he had symptoms. We had a relationship where he gave me oral sex regularly, but it took me 7 years to catch genital herpes.

I never judged him for having oral herpes – I liked him as he was, and oral herpes doesn’t carry a stigma, even though it is no different at all. I hope that people in the future will not stigmatise me for having the same virus genitally (where,just for the record, it is only infectious for a fifth of the time that it is orally – hsv-1 prefers to be on the mouth)

I think he was alwasy scrupulous about avoiding ANY symptoms – if he thought he had a tingle on the lip, or a split lip, or a small pimple or even soreness he avoided contact. When I did catch it we had had drunken sex, and he had a cold which I then caught, so both of our immune systems were low. If you have genital hepres, there are other times apart from when you have a visible sore when the virus may be infectious. I get soreness of the skin down my buttocks and thighs, sometimes a tingle, sometimes sore patches of skin or a ‘pimple’. If I have ANYTHING i think is suspicious, I avoid sex. If I am feeling tired or run down, I avoid sex. If I feel like I am getting a cold or ‘flu I DEFINITELY avoid contact, because this is the biggest trigger for me – there is a reason oral herpes is known as ‘cold sores’ and ‘fever blisters’ – when something else attacks your body it generally means herpes is likely to surface, even if it casues no visible symptoms.

As to the use of condoms… they only protect if they cover the area where there is an outbreak or where you could be shedding the virus form mucous membrane. In practice this means that condoms provide about 40% protection for a woman having sex with a man with genital herpes, but may provide as low as 0% proteciton, according to recent studies, for a man having sex with a woman with gential herpes. This is because most women have outbreaks on the labia or other areas not covered by a condom, and herpes is spread by skin to skin contact.