What Are The Ways You Can Contract Genital Herpes?
Where both partners are virgins (100% sure) and only have ‘fooled around’.
Neither had presence of genital herpes symptoms until farther into the relationship.
Both have had cold sores (HSV-1).
Can you get genital herpes from masturbation. i.e. the transfer of HSV-1 into genital area creating HSV-2?
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December 20th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
HSV-1 may cause genital herpes and HSV-2 may cause cold sore. If your hand is contaminated with Herpes simplex virus, you can be infected with herpes in any other part of the body. Infection may be severe and dangerous if it occurs in or near the eye.
Viral STDs (Herpes simplex, Genital warts, HIV) are not curable.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Genital herpes is usually passed by sexual contact. But you can also contract herpes infections if someone with mouth infections (fever blisters) engages in oral sex. It may also be possible to pass the virus by hand from infected lesions to genitals.
December 20th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Genital herpes is a contagious viral infection affecting primarily the genitals of men and women. It is characterized by recurrent clusters of vesicles and lesions at the genital areas. It is caused by the Herpes Simplex-2 virus (HSV-2), one of several strains of the Herpes Simplex Virus responsible for chickenpox, shingles, mononucleosis, and oral herpes (fever blisters or cold sores, HSV-1). While generally not dangerous, it is a nuisance and can be emotionally traumatic, as there is no cure.
It has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S.; 500,000 are diagnosed each year. One in five American adults has herpes, but only one third of those inflicted are aware that they have the virus. Many people don’t relate their symptoms to herpes, since they have either very mild or no symptoms at all. Over 50 million cases are currently estimated to exist in either the active or dormant stage.
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Theory of Cause: …Dr. C.N. Look
Herpes simplex viruses include two distinct but closely related viruses, namely, HSV-1 and HSV-2. Both viruses can cause genital herpes. Roughly speaking, HSV-2 causes 90% and HSV-1 causes 10% of all genital herpes. Herpes simplex virus is a linear double-stranded DNA virus. HSV-1 and HSV-2 share approximately 50% homology of their genetic materials and they even express type-common surface antigens. It accounts for the high degree of cross-reactivity and the technical difficulty in differentiating the 2 viruses. On the other hand, HSV-1 & HSV-2 antibodies offer some degree of cross protection. Cell-mediated immune responses is more important than humoral responses in determining the severity of HSV infections. Hence, AIDS patients often have chronic and severe anogenital herpes. Genital herpes is usually transmitted by sexual intercourse. Direct inoculation of virus occurs through contact with infected secretions or mucosal surfaces. Orogenital contact with a partner with type 1 herpes labialis can also result in genital herpes. Asymptomatic shedding of HSV is the most common mode of transmission of genital herpes infection. It is estimated that more than half of the HSV-2 genital infections are asymptomatic.
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FACTS ABOUT GENITAL HERPES:
Transmission is caused by close oral, anal, or genital contact, including intercourse, masturbation, kissing, or any direct skin-to-skin contact which allows for the transfer of bodily fluids.
A person is considered contagious when prodromal symptoms, active sores, and healing lesions are present.
Herpes is potentially contagious when no symptoms are present. That is, a person who has genital herpes is potentially always shedding active virus.
Approximately 1 in 6 members of the general infected population is thought to shed active virus occasionally without symptoms.
Some people do not get typical blister-like sores but harbor active virus in their saliva, vaginal, or penile secretions, and can shed the virus without knowing they have herpes.
Lesions can occur deep inside the vagina where they cannot be seen or felt, but can readily transmit the virus.
An uninfected individual has about a 75% chance of contracting herpes during intimate contact with someone actively shedding virus.
Oral herpes can be transmitted to the genitals, and vice versa. Symptoms are similar.
Auto-inoculation: An infected individual can spread the virus to other parts of his or her body by touching an area shedding virus and then touching, scratching, or rubbing another susceptible part of the body. Towels are especially conducive to this.
It is possible for a person to contract genital herpes if the partner with oral herpes performs oral sex. Oral herpes can be transmitted to the genitals, and vice versa. Symptoms are similar.
Environmental surfaces like toilet seats may be a source of contagion, but there is no evidence that this poses a real threat to the general population. Experts differ as to how long the virus can survive on its own. The primary cause of infection remains intimate contact.
December 20th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Unlikely to occur that way. Genital herpes is only spread by direct contact.
December 21st, 2009 at 4:13 am
ANY – I REPEAT ANY CONTACT WITH OPEN SORES ON ANY PART OF YOUR BODY. ANY SURFACE CAN CONTRACT HERPES.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:26 am
Most people get genital herpes by having sex with someone who is having a herpes outbreak. This outbreak means that HSV is active. When active, the virus usually causes visible sores in the genital area. The sores cast off (shed) viruses that can infect another person.
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Sometimes, however, a person can have an outbreak and have no visible sores at all. People often get genital herpes by having sexual contact with others who don’t know they are infected or who are having outbreaks of herpes without any sores.
A person with genital herpes also can infect a sexual partner during oral sex. The virus is spread only rarely, if at all, by touching objects such as a toilet seat or hot tub.
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There are two types of herpes and BOTH can affect the genitals and the mouth. HSV 1 most commonly occurs on the lips in the form of fever blisters and cold sores. HSV 2 most commonly appears in the genitals.
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December 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am
Yes, it is possible to transfer hsv-1 to the genitals, either by auto-innoculation (touching a cold sore, touching your genitals straight after and transferring the virus from mouth to genitals) or, much more commonly, by a partner with cold sores giving you oral sex.
It is not necessary for the partner who gets cold sores to have one at the time – my boyfriend gave me genital herpes through oral sex when he did not have an active cold sore. We thought it was safe when he didn’t have one, turns out we were wrong. The virus is sometimes active with no symptoms.
It is very common to get genital herpes thorugh oral sex – in the UK where I live this method of transmission (cold sores to genitals) accounts for over half of new genital herpes cases.
When hsv-1 is transferred to the genital area it does not turn into hsv-2 – it remains a genital hsv-1 infection, which is typically milder than genital hsv-2.
December 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am
If you have an active cold sore on your mouth (even if you can’t see it or feel it yet), you can pass on herpes to your partner through oral sex.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:50 pm
yes u can. if one of u has a cold sore at the time, touches your mouth then touches your geintals or gives u oral sex while u have a cold sore.
December 21st, 2009 at 5:03 pm
HSV-1 and HSV-2 are two seperate virus’. Even though HSV-1 may only give you cold sores around your lips, its actually present throughout your body.
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