Its true and disturbing!!! 70% dont even know they have it so wrap it up sucker!!!! Isnt this gross!!
2006-10-23 17:13:39 · 8 answers · asked by angel l 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I myself was diagnose with genital herpes and I have a book all about the disease!!! So I am not being insensitive I know what its like to have it.
2006-10-23 17:35:41 · update #1
Where did you get this statistic? When ever you use stats, especially when you use them in such in inflammatory way, you should cite them. And, the correct statistic is 1 in 5 Americans has genital herpes. And, the large majority of them do not know they have it. There is no test for herpes unless someone has a sore. People can have herpes and pass it to others without ever knowing it because they have never had any sores.
Condoms, when used properly and every time, are highly effective ways of preventing the spread of sexually transmitted infections such as herpes.
HPV is the virus that causes genital warts and cervical cancer. It is separate from herpes and not related at all. There is no vaccine for herpes.
Use condoms each and every time you have sex. Insist on safer sex. And, most importantly feel comfortable enough with you partner to talk to him or her and be open and honest with each other.
Educate yourself:
ashastd.org
plannedparenthood.org
2006-10-23 17:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by sweetpea77thst 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-01 07:42:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-10-18 00:35:52 · answer #4 · answered by Lamar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hpv vaccine doesnt keep you from getting genital herpes. look it up
2006-10-23 17:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jessica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the element is, it is as much as you. If he's happy to grant you oral intercourse with out dental dams, it quite is between you and him. the prospect is of spreading it between outbreaks is low - between 2 and 5% a year. as nicely, he's providing you with oral intercourse so he's barely risking catching oral herpes. i do no longer see this as a project - 80% of adults have oral herpes, and you risk it each time you supply somebody a speedy kiss on the lips. in case you have genital hsv-a million, nicely it is exactly the comparable risk he might take kissing somebody that had chilly sores while they did no longer have a chilly sore (hsv-a million is the commonplace oral herpes virus). different than that it is way less infectious on the genitals. in case you have genital hsv-2, and he have been to seize it on the mouth, hsv-2 quite does in comparison to being on the mouth - it quite is the least severe and least in all risk to recur and be infectious variety of herpes you've gotten. maximum individuals of people who get it on no account get yet another outbreak and it is barely infectious approximately 0.01% of the time. additionally, if your boyfriend is between the lots of people who have already got oral hsv-a million, that could render him no longer able to seize your herpes on his mouth in case you have genital hsv-a million, and in case you have genital hsv-2 it approximately halves his risk. i won't understand why each physique is so alarmist with reference to the possibility of catching oral herpes, while 3 quarters of the inhabitants have it. I even have genital herpes and my boyfriend loves giving me oral intercourse :-)
2016-10-16 08:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 out of 10 people? I question your source, which you neglected to cite.
2006-10-23 17:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by Ed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
using condoms doesn't stop it. a herpes vaccine is very near approval.get the hpv vaccine.
2006-10-23 17:18:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋