My Friend Just Got Diagnosed With Genital Herpes?
im reading up on genital herpes for her, and i wanted to know a few things, can you still recieve oral sex without giving it to your partner. and during the latent stage it says the virus can go to your body fluids [saliva vaginal fluids ect.] does that mean you can pass the STD by kissing someone?
February 4th, 2010 at 10:30 am
if she doesn’t have an outbreak at the time the chances are lowered of giving it to her partner and lowered again if she is taking medication regularally. if the outbreak is healing or going into dormancy again then they can still pass it on but the chances are lower. u can’t give genital herpes to someone by kissing them on the mouth. they would have to have the oral kind (cold sores) as well. however if someone gives them oral sex it can be passed onto them if the person giving does not have herpes.
February 4th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
If one partner has genital herpes, by receiving oral sex they can transfer it to the uninfected partner.
“HSV-1 and HSV-2 can be found in and released from the sores that the viruses cause, but they also are released between outbreaks from skin that does not appear to have a sore. Generally, a person can only get HSV-2 infection during sexual contact with someone who has a genital HSV-2 infection. Transmission can occur from an infected partner who does not have a visible sore and may not know that he or she is infected.
HSV-1 can cause genital herpes, but it more commonly causes infections of the mouth and lips, so-called “fever blisters.” HSV-1 infection of the genitals can be caused by oral-genital or genital-genital contact with a person who has HSV-1 infection. Genital HSV-1 outbreaks recur less regularly than genital HSV-2 outbreaks.”
-http://picturesofgenitalwarts.net "
February 4th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
If she receives oral sex, her partner can catch oral herpes (the common cold sore like 80% of people already have) but CANNOT catch genital herpes.
And no, her genital herpes is infectious only from her genitals, and only for the 15% of the time or so that the virus is active. Her mouth etc are not infectious at all.