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Hi guys I recently had a full std panel done because me and my bf wanted to have sex and found out I was positive for hsv 1. He dumped me and treated me like I was a monster. How bad is having hsv 1? I never had any symptoms of it... really sad..
Hi guys just an update, I'm no longer scared of having hsv 1, I've been talking to a lot of people and it seems that more people have it than don't and I'm only 24, so I think I will be safe, I don't know if my bf gets cold sores but his dad does, either way it was really immature for him to treat me that way and someone out there will be better to me. I read the handbook and I've definately started to look at herpes in a completely different way. Thankyou all for your help xoxoxo
Well, hsv - 1 isn't really serious. In fact, both herpes viruses aren't really serious and are almost identical in their makeup. They affect the skin, and in 2/3s of people, symptoms don't appear, or are so mild that they go unnoticed. Recurring outbreaks diminishes in number over the years, and some people never see outbreaks at all, because their immune systems are more than capable of controlling the virus. Hsv - 1 is responsible for what we call, 'cold sores'. Has your boyfriend ever had a cold sore? If so, he probably has hsv 1 and doesn't even know that it's herpes. There's a stigma attached to hsv-2, that makes it seem 'bigger and badder, and nastier' than hsv-1, when in fact, it's really not. The stigma is because of the associated act of sex. People consider sex a...vulnerable act, and also an intimate act, and think to get std's, one has to be promiscuous, when this is not the case.
Approximately 100 million people in the USA have hsv 1, and acquired it as a child. I got cold sores when I was a child, and have never had any in a very long while. Approximately 40 million people in the USA have hsv - 2, and 2 out of 3 people don't experience symptoms. Most of them do not even know they have it. Try talking with your boyfriend, where both of you can sit and do some research together about herpes, and other std's, and you'll see that herpes is not a serious risk to one's health. In fact, in a healthy person, it poses no risk at all, and sometimes zero discomfort.
Approximately 100 million people in the USA have hsv 1, and acquired it as a child. I got cold sores when I was a child, and have never had any in a very long while. Approximately 40 million people in the USA have hsv - 2, and 2 out of 3 people don't experience symptoms. Most of them do not even know they have it. Try talking with your boyfriend, where both of you can sit and do some research together about herpes, and other std's, and you'll see that herpes is not a serious risk to one's health. In fact, in a healthy person, it poses no risk at all, and sometimes zero discomfort.
most adults test + for hsv1. If you can't recall having obvious cold sores or any obvious genital lesions, odds are it's an oral hsv1 infection. by the time we get to the old folks home, 80% of us in the US alone have it.
http://www.ashastd.org/std-sti-works/Herpes/oral-herpes.html has terrific info that is helpful to better educate you about what you have and how to protect a partner.
grace
http://www.ashastd.org/std-sti-works/Herpes/oral-herpes.html has terrific info that is helpful to better educate you about what you have and how to protect a partner.
grace
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
