Genital herpies?

Question

Is genital herpies something that can be passed down from parents that are carriers?

Answer 1

No. It is a virus spread through sexual contact. Theoretically a pregnant woman can pass the disease to her infant if she is having an outbreak during childbirth, but I think the doctors can find ways of preventing this. Herpes is not an inherited disease. People are not genetic carriers, just like people are not genetic carriers of a flu virus.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A women can pass genital herpes to her newborn ONLY if she has genital herpes and is currently having an oubreak. This happens when the baby is coming through the birth canal and comes in contact with any sores the mother may have. Chances of a mother passing it on to her newborn are REALLY rare though. I've read less than 1% of newborns born to mothers with genital herpes actually contract the virus.

Genital herpes is not a blood disease that can be genetically passed down like colorblindness, hemophilia, or sickle cell. Genital herpes is not even in the blood. If it was I REALLY doubt the American Red Cross would allow people with herpes to donate blood (which they do allow).
http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html#std

Answer 4

genital herpies is like having a chilly sore yet on your genitals so in the experience that your husband has ever had a chilly sore on his lip an given you oral intercourse then you extremely can get genital herpies that way... what you have gotten is razor irratation or ingrowing hairs around your anus.

Answer 5

http://www.westoverheights.com/freebooktext.html. This is a free book about Genital herpies, full of useful info.

To answer your question, here's what it says:

Certainly, women with herpes can have healthy, normal children. However, some special problems may arise with pregnancy and genital herpes. Ideally, type specific antibody testing would be done during the pregnancy to determine who in the relationship has herpes and who does not. So how would that work? Blood would be drawn around 20-24 weeks of gestation. If the mother were positive for HSV 2, even if she has never had symptoms, then precautions would be taken at the end of pregnancy and at the time of delivery, to protect the baby. These precautions include suppressive therapy from 36 weeks until delivery, avoiding the use of scalp electrodes for fetal monitoring during labor, avoiding premature rupture of membranes, and performing a c-section if an outbreak is present in the boxer shorts area at the time of delivery. The likelihood of a newborn contracting herpes in these circumstances is very small. For the woman with established genital herpes going into the pregnancy, the risk of neonatal herpes is about 1 in 5500 deliveries. If the mother?s blood test shows that she is antibody negative for HSV 2, then optimally, her partner would be tested for antibody.

If the father of the baby is HSV 2 positive and the mother is HSV 2 negative, then precautions should be taken so the mother doesn?t get infected with HSV 2 in the third trimester of the pregnancy. A primary outbreak in the last trimester of pregnancy put smother and baby at a greater risk for a premature delivery, and at much greater

risk of infecting the baby at birth. Women that contract herpes during late pregnancy that have NOT had an opportunity to make antibody prior to delivery, have a 30-50% chance of infecting their baby. Couples in this situation should avoid intercourse in the third trimester. If this is not workable, then the infected male partner should be placed on daily suppression and condoms should be used with every intercourse. If the mother?s blood test shows that she is antibody negative for HSV 1 and 2, and her partner?s blood test shows infection with HSV 1 only, and the partner has ever had a cold sore, then the partner should not give oral sex to the mother during the third trimester. New HSV 1 genital infection during the third trimester can result in transmission to the neonate and be very serious indeed. If the partner tests positive for HSV 1, the mother is negative for HSV 1 and 2, and the site of the partner?s HSV 1 infection is unknown, abstaining from both oral sex and intercourse during the third trimester is the safest course of action. The major concern about herpes and pregnancy is that the baby may become infected with herpes virus if it passes through the birth canal when herpes virus is there. Even if antibodies to the herpes virus are transferred from mother to baby during pregnancy, the antibodies are not adequate to completely protect all babies against infection. Newborns do not have an immune system that is capable of dealing with herpes, and they can become very sick or die from herpes infections.

A woman who falls into one of the following categories should be followed carefully during her pregnancy and delivery:

1) A woman who has a history of having genital herpes, or who recently acquired the disease, or 2) A woman whose sexual partner has herpes infection (this is genital or oral herpes, if oral sex is shared from partner to mother). All of this information can be pretty scary for all pregnant women and especially for women who have known genital herpes. But sharing information openly with OB clinicians will most always result in safe deliveries and healthy babies. Newborns should not be exposed directly to cold sores. If the mother has a cold sore at the time of delivery, she should avoid kissing her baby until the cold sore has healed. The same is true for all other people with cold sores who are around a newborn. If the mother has no breast herpes lesions, she may certainly breast feed the baby.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

haha herpies

Answer 8

yes! most females have to have c- section if they are infected with the virus, so the baby won't be blinded by the herpes virus if delivered vaginally. you need to get legit information on the herpes virus so you will have the true actual facts about the disease. good luck.

Answer 9

yes, if your mother had an outbreak while giving birth to you, then yes you have it.

Answer 10

definitely possible