How do i tell if i have herpes?
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Since you have never had sex your chance of having genital herpes is practically slim to none! Genital herpes is almost always spread by sex (vaginal, oral, and anal) and by DIRECT skin to skin contact with an infected area. Babies can also be born with herpes if the mother has the virus, but this is extremely rare. Get a blood test done if you are really concerned.
The primary outbreak of genital herpes tends to last longer and be more severe than subsequent (recurrent) outbreaks. Symptoms of a primary outbreak may include:
Flulike symptoms, such as fever, headache, and muscle aches. These symptoms usually get better within a week.
Tingling, burning, itching, and redness at the site where an outbreak is about to occur (prodrome).
Painful, itchy blisters on the penis, on the vulva, or inside the vagina. Blisters may also appear on the anus, buttocks, thighs, or scrotum, either alone or in clusters. They may be barely noticeable or as large as a coin.
Blisters that break and become shallow, painful, oozing sores.
Swollen and tender lymph nodes in the groin.
Painful urination.
Abnormal vaginal or urethral discharge.
Occasionally a person will experience symptoms months or even years after being infected, making it very difficult to identify the sex partner who was the source of the infection.
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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease most likely caused by the herpes simplex virus type 2. Most people who have the infection do not have symptoms but when they do occur, they appear as a couple of blisters in the genital area that eventually become ulcers. it could take weeks for the ulcers to heal. Unfortunately, the infection stays in the person's body and there is no cure for herpes. The affected person can take anti-viral medications that can help prevent outbreaks and shorten the period of time it happens. The only way to prevent transmission or acquiring the infection is by abstaining sex. And NO, you can't acquire herpes form masturbating.
Don't you pay attention in Health class! You have to engage in sexual acts with a partner to contract herpes.
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