it is proven that around 85-90% of the population has the herpes simplex virus 1 (the virus that causes cold sores but could also just be dormant). i also heard that you can STILL give other people the virus (meaning genital herpes/oral herpes) even IF no cold sores are present as long as you have the virus. so i'm just curious... do you gals/guys think that most of you have already contacted genital herpes yet to whomever that has received oral sex since so many people has the HSV1? i'm really really scared right now because i heard that you can ONLY spread the virus to someone if there are cold sores present... but now knowing that no sores has to be present yet you can still give someone else genital herpes as long as you have the virus. i'm so concerned for myself and everybody else... so what do you think? thank you!
2006-07-25 22:31:05 · 2 answers · asked by dorkydork 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Once you are infected with HSV1 it has to states - latent and active. Only during the active state it can be passed on. The virus switches from latent to active when ever there is some kind of a trigger - stress, sickness, etc. The thing is, active state doesn't necessarily mean you'll have cold sores. It can be active in your mouth and you won't even know about it. So far these were the bad news. The good news are that HSV1 won't cause genital herpes in most cases. HSV2 is the virus that causes genital herpes. It is very rare to have genital herpes caused by HSV1 or oral herpes caused by HSV2.
2006-07-25 23:04:43 · answer #1 · answered by nupi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-25 22:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋