Can you only get herpes from someone who has it too

Can you only get herpes from someone who has it too

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Can you get Oral Herpes from someone who has Genital Herpes?

Q: So I know you can get genital herpes if someone gives you oral sex and they have an outbreak (sore) at that time. But what about the other way around? How likely is it to get oral herpes from someone who has genital herpes. Or does anyone know a good website or hotline for these kinds of questions?

A: Genital herpes and oral are caused by the similar viruses(but not the same) and can be spread to other areas but are usually concentrated in the oral area for the type 1 oral virus and the genital area for the type 2 genital type. You can get the oral form genitally but is a lot more rare and less invasive.

If you perform oral sex on someone who has genital herpes can they give you oral herpes from it?

Q: I don’t have herpes, but if I was to give someone oral sex who has genital herpes, is there a chance I could get oral herpes from it?

A: Yes – but the person who says ‘huge chance’ is wrong.Oral herpes is nearly always caused by the virus hsv-1.Genital herpes is caused by either hsv-1 or hsv-2.If it is caused by hsv-1, hsv-1 is 5 times less infectious when it is causing a genital infection than it is on the mouth. In other words, your risk of contracting it would be five times higher through kissing any of the 8 out of 10 adults that have oral hsv-1 than it would be through giving a person who has it genitally oral sex – in both cases, whetehr a sore is present or not.If it is caused by hsv-2, you can catch it on the mouth, but hsv-2 does not like being on the mouth. After your primary outbreak, you would be unlikely to ever have a second outbreak – oral hsv-2 usually remains dormant.You take a chance of catching oral herpes every time you kiss someone, even a quick peck on the lips, so I hardly see it as a big deal.Despite 25% of adults having gental herpes, hsv-2 only causes a tiny fraction of oral herpes infections – in the US, about 3% of them.It is MUCH more common to pass herpes the other way – for someone with oral herpes to infect the genitals of their partner through giving oral sex. Oral herpes hsv-1 is actually more infectious than either form of genital herpes.

can you get encephalitis from a mosquito who has bitten someone with herpes?

Q: because herpes and encephalitis are caused by the same virus. and you get encephalitis from mosquitoes. so, if a mosquito bit a person with genital herpes, then bit someone else, could they transfer the virus and give the second person encephalitis?

A: No. Not related. Encephalitis attacks the brain. Causes coma, high fever and could cause death. There has been no documented transfer of herpes via mosquito. Had a nephew who contracted Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)and we learned a lot about that and other diseases transmitted by bugs. Herpes also has to be in a contagious state , for the most part, to contract that disease. If in doubt, contact the hospital, free clinic or CDC. They all have web pages to answer this type of question. Tagger