2007-09-04 16:02:05 · 11 answers · asked by allstarqt90 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Genital herpes is almost always spread by having sex (vaginal, oral, or anal) with someone who has the virus. A person can NOT contract the virus from someone who does NOT have the virus.
Herpes is a skin to skin contact disease. So, even if a person didn't have sex with someone who has genital herpes, it can still be passed if a person has any kind of DIRECT skin to skin contact with the infected area of someone who has it.
This is why condoms are not 100% effective in preventing the spread of herpes. The condom only covers the man's penis and not his entire genital area. Just the rubbing back and forth of the genital areas during sex or during foreplay is enough to spread genital herpes.
Good luck and take care!
2007-09-04 21:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 05:57:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a previous poster stated, there are two types of herpes virus--HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 is more commonly associated with oral lesions and HSV-2 with genital outbreaks, but they are correct that either virus can cause either problem.
In the most literal sense, no, you cannot get herpes from someone who does not have the virus. When a person is first infected with HSV, they usually have an outbreak with blisters and pain in the affected area; they may also have mild fever and other systemic symptoms. However--and this is important--they may not have the blisters.
So it is very possible for a person to not be aware of having the virus (apart from any question of not being honest about it). However, once you are infected, you are always infected, even between outbreaks. Many people never have a second outbreak; the virus is kept in check by the immune system.
It also used to be thought that you could not pass the virus when you were not actively having an outbreak. We now know that this is NOT true. You can shed the virus at any time. So, to extrapolate a little further on your question, it is definitely possible to catch HSV from someone who is not showing any lesions.
Finally, and I know this is more than you asked for, using a condom does not protect you entirely from HSV, because unlike HIV and other infections that are passed solely in bodily fluids, the HSV virus is shed over a larger area, in the whole region served by the nerve bodies it lives in.
So. Any further question? *G*
2007-09-04 16:47:41 · answer #3 · answered by Marie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The herpes simplex virus is extremely contagious and may cause outbreaks on various part of the body. There are two variations of this virus, namely type 1 and type 2.
Type 1 of the virus is normally connected with outbreaks of cold sores and blisters in and around the lips and mouth area. The virus is normally passed on via contamination from infected hands or fingers which have touched the infected blisters or contaminated saliva. Another way of transmitting this virus is by kissing. This is a very easy way to transmit the virus from one individual to another.
The herpes simplex type 2 virus is normally connected with genital herpes, and usually sexually transmitted. The symptoms of the type 2 viruses include genital sores as well as all oral sores and ulcers. This virus, if remaining untreated, may also result in other diseases such as eye infections. A lot of people who are infected with either the type 1 or 2 virus do not show any symptoms whatsoever. This can be a big problem, because then the virus can be spread much more quickly as the victims do not realize that they have to take adequate precautions.
2007-09-04 17:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by aquarius448 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person does not have to have genital herpes in order to spread it to another. The herpes virus comes in two forms; herpes simplex (coldsores) and genital herpes. If a couple have oral sex and the person giving it has herpes simplex, then the person receiving oral will develop genital herpes. And vice versa. It is the same virus.
2007-09-04 16:12:30 · answer #5 · answered by kiwi_mum1966 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
Genital herpes is spread easily. The virus from contact with an infected person can enter your body through a break in your skin or through the skin of your mouth, penis or vagina, urinary tract opening, cervix or anus. Herpes is most easily spread when blisters or sores can be seen on the infected person. But it can be spread at any time, even when there aren't any symptoms.
2007-09-05 19:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be succinct ... yes you can. You can catch genital herpes from someone who has oral herpes (ie cold sores). I know that from personal experience.
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2007-09-04 23:27:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no it has to come from contact with somebody with some type of warts like oral sex with somebody with a cold sore
2007-09-05 02:44:00 · answer #8 · answered by nyghtmare3000 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it could come from someone that didn't know they had it...
2007-09-05 10:59:10 · answer #9 · answered by Gordita de Oro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but they can get it form their partner
2007-09-04 16:06:25 · answer #10 · answered by ♥wh♥tஐAre♥U♥Lஐஐking?ஐALEXANDRAஐஐ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋