How do people get herpes? Is is contagious

How Contagious Is Herpes? What Are The Ways That You Can Get It??

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Herpes is caused by virus called herpes simplex. This can be HSV1 or HSV2. Both these viruses can cause oral and genital herpes. Once a person become infected then symptoms can be treated but virus can not be killed. The transmission of the…

Can you get herpes even though you and your partner don’t have th…?

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No, you cannot get herpes if both you and your partner do not have it. Herpes is an infectious disease, which means that you would have to come in contact with a person that has the disease. Therefore, it is a 0% chance of getting herpes un…

How do sum 1 get a disease like herpes? Is it sexually or another…?

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Oral herpes(HSV 1) is normally skin to skin contact. So you can get it from kissing and giving someone oral sex who has HSV 1 on their genitals. You can also give it to someone through oral sex. If you have cold sores and perform then you c…

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Just how contagious is herpes? Can the following things transmit it? ?

Q: Hello all!Just wondering how contagious herpes is, will the following things transmit it? (oral and genital herpes)- using the same soap as someone who has herpes- using a razor someone else has used who has herpes- using the same towel as someone with herpesJust wondering if you know how contagious it is.Thanks,Beau

A: Herpes is almost always spread through skin-to-skin contact. Almost never through inanimate objects. The virus dies very quickly away from the human body. Soap will kill the virus, so that is right out. Absolutely no risk at all. Sharing a razor is also unlikley. I suspect that the amount of virus associated with viral shedding (spreading the virus without symptoms) is low enough that you would need direct contact (kissing) to catch herpes if no cold sores were present. So if someone with oral herpes was having a cold sore, and shaved their cold sore (Yoiks!) and then you IMMEDIATELY used their razor, you might catch herpes. Pretty unlikely.With the towel, it depends on how unhygenic you are. If the towel were allowed to dry between uses, then again there is no danger at all. Even if the towel was damp, but allowed to cool down between uses, it’s almost certainly safe. But if one of you had a genital herpes lesion, and used the towel, and then IMMEDIATELY handed the towel to the other person, who managed to rub the part of the towel that was exposed to the virus on their genitals, they could catch herpes this way. It practically never happens this way though.I assume that you have a room mate and are concerned about catching their herpes? Just don’t kiss them or have sex with them, and you will be at effectively no risk at all. Don’t share underwear by passing it between the two of you immediately. But don’t panic about it. Again, it is almost never passed via inanimate objects. For a lot more good, reliable information on genital and oral herpes, I strongly recommend the website below. It’s easy to read, and answers most of the common questions about herpes.Good luck.

Does cat herpes contagious to other cats?

Q: I have 4 kittens and one female one has herpes. I put ointment everyday but I wanted to know if other kittens will get herpes as well. What is good for cat herpes? Does ointment prescribed from dr should be used all the time for treatment?

A: I have 2 cats that have it one has flair ups every few months or so (though it has almost been a year since his last flare up *knocks on wood*) and then his brother from the same litter has a latent virus, he has never had it flair up but we do our best to keep them both from too much stress which tends to set off a flair up.go to walmart and go to the supplemnt isle and get some L-Lysine and give all your cats 250-500mg of that every day. that helpes keep the herpes virus from replicating.the eye ointment should only be given to the one kitten and for only the proper amount of time. when your kitten gets flair ups you should ask your vet for zithromax (azithromyacin) that does a really good job on knocking out the upper respitory infections that they get.

how is herpes contagious in between outbrakes, with no signs or symptoms?

Q: I saw the Valtrex commercial on herpes which said herpes can be passed on in between outbreakes, with no signs or symptoms. Is this a scare tactic/advertising exageration?

A: Herpes is always contagious when you are having an outbreak.During other times (perhaps 10% of the time) you can have the virus present on your skin, and thus spread it to other people, but not have any symptoms. All the antivirals that people take (Valtrex, Famvir and Zovirax) will reduce both outbreaks and viral shedding.A study was done (the one referenced in the Valtrex ads, I believe) on about 1500 couples where one had the virus and the other did not. If the couples merely refrained from having sex when the infected partner was coming down with, had, or was just getting over an outbreak, the infection rate was about 2%. With the antiviral, it dropped to less than 1%.I’ve put a link to the study, for your reference, as well as a link to my fave herpes site.Good question.