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Possible herpes transmission!!! Help!
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Wondering if anyone can help me!
If I got the hsv2 virus orally... Does it enter orally and cause herpes on my vagina? Or does it stay in the location it entered? I didn't know if because it's the hsv2 strain it would affect my genitals if it entered orally. Please help... I'm panicked!
Wondering if anyone can help me!
If I got the hsv2 virus orally... Does it enter orally and cause herpes on my vagina? Or does it stay in the location it entered? I didn't know if because it's the hsv2 strain it would affect my genitals if it entered orally. Please help... I'm panicked!
No, each nerve ganglion forms a separate set of nerves within the body. The virus can infect a nerve ganglion such as oral, but does not travel internally to another nerve ganglion.
Hence if you obtain HSV orally then it does not become genital.
Hence if you obtain HSV orally then it does not become genital.
I understand all of that- what I'm unclear about. If I perform oral and the recipient has hsv 2 can that virus enter Orally and cause genital herpes? Does the body take the hsv 2 virus and turn it into a general infection? If entered orally?
I understand all of that- what I'm unclear about. If I perform oral and the recipient has hsv 2 can that virus enter Orally and cause genital herpes? Does the body take the hsv 2 virus and turn it into a general infection? If entered orally?
HSV1 and HSV2 are genetically different viruses. They cannot become each other. Both can theoretically infect any nerve ganglion in the body.
If you have HSV1 then this is the only virus you can pass to another person, regardless of where that occurs on the body.
Once infected, only the ganglion of the location is infected and that is where lesions will occur. Hence if you have an oral HSV infection, then only that location will experience lesions.
In some rare circumstances, people can become infected in two locations with the same type if the infections occur in a narrow time frame. In those rare circumstances where this occurs, HSV1 dominates as the strain.
If you have HSV1 then this is the only virus you can pass to another person, regardless of where that occurs on the body.
Once infected, only the ganglion of the location is infected and that is where lesions will occur. Hence if you have an oral HSV infection, then only that location will experience lesions.
In some rare circumstances, people can become infected in two locations with the same type if the infections occur in a narrow time frame. In those rare circumstances where this occurs, HSV1 dominates as the strain.
Hsv1 could possibly become hsv2 if you are having an outbreak and perform oral. You can spread hsv1 if you kiss, share foods/drinks, etc.
Hi it enters orally. how were you tested confirm positive for hsv2 oral as is not common at all?
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