my friend was dateing a guy that has herpes, she didn't know until a friend told her. he had no outbreaks at the time they made out. can a person still get herpes if they have no outbreak at the time? also can you get it from drinking after someone?
2007-05-28 04:19:08 · 17 answers · asked by angela s 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
You can still get HSV (herpes simplex virus) without an outbreak. The chances are smaller but still there. You are most contagious right before it appears. This is true with both HSV 1 and 2 (oral or genital). A person def knows they have it by having an outbreak once. And then they are positive for the virus and may not have an outbreak for awhile. If the person has an outbreak and you take a sip right after them there is a chance of catching the virus. So the safest way to prevent infecting yourself of this virus or other orally transmitted virus's such as, mono or flu, is to not to share drinks, chap sticks, or make up (b/c you can get herpes in the eye).
2007-05-28 05:54:11 · answer #1 · answered by M524J 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can - the risk of transmission of herpesvirus through either saliva or genital secretions is certainly higher when there's an active outbreak, but there's still a risk when there's no visible outbreak. As far as drinking after someone, I doubt it (although I suppose it's theoretically possible if the infected person left a lot of saliva on a glass and then someone else drank immediately afterward) - the virus dies *very* quickly when exposed to the outside environment.
Incidentally, the virus you're probably talking about is herpes simplex virus, which comes in two varieties, HSV1 (present in about 80% of adult Americans) and HSV2 (present in about 40% of adult Americans). Type 1 usually causes orolabial herpes (cold sores), while type 2 usually causes genital herpes, although those aren't hard and fast rules. Chicken pox and some other viruses are also 'herpesviruses', in the same family. Those numbers, by the way, are the numbers of people with evidence of past infection; not everyone infected will *ever* have an outbreak, for reasons probably having to do with their personal immune system and genetic makeup.
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my friend was dateing a guy that has herpes, she didn't know until a friend told her. he had no outbreaks at the time they made out. can a person still get herpes if they have no outbreak at the time? also can you get it from drinking after someone?
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Yes, herpes can be spread even when there is no outbreak.
I contracted genital herpes from a guy who was showing no signs or symptoms of the virus (like an outbreak). So, it's definitely possible!
Cold sores can be spread from drinking after someone with cold sores. Also, sharing chap stick, lip stick, cigarettes, etc, can spread cold sores if they are shared right after someone with cold sores had their lips on them.
***Also, bardryn, is just wrong. Herpes is NOT "100% contractable". I was with my ex for almost 4 years and he never contracted herpes from me. There are many couples out there with one person having the virus and the other not.
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2015-05-01 03:04:47 · answer #9 · answered by Trista 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ihave herpes and my boyfirend has herpes. for 2 years with my boyfriend i have never had an outbreak on genital area until last week . I believe he slept with someone then slept with me. Is it possible that by him having sex with another woman , even if she is not infected with Herpes simplex would cause a new outbreak for me?
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