2007-01-10 05:32:27 · 3 answers · asked by Martin F 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
If you get cold sores by your mouth, then you have herpes simplex type-1. Herpes simplex type-2 is genital herpes.
Most people get herpes type-1 from being kissed by elderly relatives when you are a child. 80% of the adult population has herpes type-1.
2007-01-10 09:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by Seraphim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two different forms of the herpes virus. Type 1 causes cold sores (oral region) and is the most common. Type 2 is the sexually transmitted genital herpes complex. However, both forms can be transmitted by skin to skin contact.
2007-01-10 05:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by TYJ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are two types of HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus)
HSV-1, also known as cold sores or fever blisters and
HSV-2, which is Genital Herpes.
However both can cause Genital Herpes.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm
2007-01-10 05:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
cold sores are a type of herpes, but not a bad one. nothing to worry about,
2007-01-10 05:45:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you have the herpes I virus. Most everyone does. It is possible to infect your genitals with hsvI by touching lips and then genitals. HSVII is the common genital virus.
http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/hw31977
2007-01-10 05:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋