are herpes always contagous?

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are herpes always contagous or somtimes.....im not sure if i got herpes but my friends drank from my pepsi can accidentaly and it's been month's and i don't see any herpes and he hasn't complained or anything

oh yea and then a few months later at a party a girl did the same and nothing has happend...how can i make sure it's herpes or not???

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Genital Herpes are caused by a virus and are highly contageous. I believe they are primarily spread by sexual contact and can be spread without the infected person having any visual signs. Better off with safe sex.

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The only way of knowing if you have an STI for sure is to get tested, its painless, quick and easy and its better off knowing than worrying. Why do you think you have herpes?
But to answer your question herpes or any of the HPV infections (e.g Warts) are very contagious there are hundreds of different types of HPV (only a few of them STI's) It is important to note that condoms are not shown to be effective at preventing HPV infections 100% of the time and the majority of sexually active people will have at least one strand of the virus which the body will usually get rid of itself. However it is highly unlikely that someone could catch herpes from sharing a drink with someone.

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Yes, they're always contagous. It is possible to have herpes without knowing if you have not had an outbreak yet.

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There are many types of herpes Both strains of the herpes virus -- HSV-1, the type that causes cold sores in the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital herpes -- can infect the cornea of the eye. Ocular herpes is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the United States. An estimated 400,000 Americans have some form of the disease, according to the National Eye Institute.

Reporting in the Sept. 25 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine found that HSV-1 enters the first layer of the cornea to infect the inner layer, the stroma, in a process similar to the way that bacteria and viruses are engulfed by immune cells called phagocytes.

"In the electron microscope pictures, it looks like the stroma cells form long arms that reach out and collect the virus particles, and then wrap around them, forming a sac, and bring them into the cell body," study senior author Deepak Shukla, an assistant professor of ophthalmology, visual science, microbiology and immunology, said in a prepared statement.

But unlike phagocytes, which destroy foreign particles, the herpes virus emerges from the stroma undamaged and able to infect the cell.

"This raises the interesting possibility that herpes may be able to evade the immune system defenses in the same way," Shukla said.

"Understanding herpes' unusual pathway for infecting the stroma cells opens up new strategies for developing therapies against this potentially blinding disease and has implications for understanding other herpes virus infections, Good luck....

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Yes it is contagous. If you don't break out now, you may break out years from now or never. Herpes is a very submerged disease it comes out when your stressed or your body has changes. I think your ok if they just took a drank from your cup.