, type 2 genital herpes, can genital herpes be transmitted by oral sex to the mouth?

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sure can

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YES!@!

Yep.

Uh-oh Georgia. What you been doin?

yup nasty perv

Yep, my friend and her husband transmitted it to each other this way because they didn't know that a fever blister was a form of herpes.

yes and other parts of the body

I BELEIVE IT CAN IF ONE OF THE PARTNER HAS IT.

yep, thats why you should invest in a dental dam

You better believe it can .

yes. most definitely if one person has a break out (visible or not) and the other has any kind of cut in his/her mouth.

Yep. It's called a cold sore. It's just your old buddy herpes simplex comin' back to say "hey"!

I am trying to remember specifically for type 2 and how that would affect the mouth..but am pretty sure either way it would be a bad idea to do this.

Yup, it sure can.

Herpes is contracted through direct skin contact (not necessarily in the genital area) with an infected person, and less frequently by indirect contact, in particular by sharing lip balm. The virus travels through tiny breaks in the skin or through moist areas, but symptoms may not appear for up to a month or more after infection. Transmission was thought to be most common during an active outbreak - however, in the early 1980s, it was found that the virus can be shed from the skin in the absence of symptoms. It is estimated that between 50% and 80% of new HSV-2 cases are from asymptomatic viral shedding.

HSV asymptomatic shedding is believed to occur on 2.9% of days while on antiviral therapy, versus 10.8% of days without. Shedding is known to be more frequent within the first 12 months of acquiring HSV-2. There are some indications that some individuals may have much lower patterns of shedding, but evidence supporting this is not fully verified. Sex should always be avoided in the presence of symptomic lesions. Oral sex performed by someone with oral lesions, or other symptoms, should be avoided, to avoid transmission of HSV1 to the partner's genitals.

Women are more susceptible to acquiring genital HSV-2 than men. On an annual basis, without the use of antivirals or condoms, the transmission risk from infected male to female is approximately 8-10%. This is believed to be due to the increased exposure of mucosal tissue to potential infection sites. Transmission risk from infected female to male is approximately 4-5% annually. Supressive antiviral therapy reduces these risks by 50%. Antivirals also help prevent the development of symptomatic HSV in infection scenarios by about 50%, meaning the infected partner will be seropositive but symptom free. Condom use also reduces the transmission risk by 50%. Condom use is much more effective at preventing male to female transmission than vice-versa. [3] The effects of combining antiviral and condom use is roughly additive, thus resulting in approximately a 75% combined reduction in annual transmission risk. It is important to note that these figures reflect experiences with subjects having frequently recurring genital herpes (>6 recurrences per year), subjects with low recurrence rates and those with no clinical manifestations were excluded from these studies.

Hope it helps!

As opposed to oral sex to some other orifice?

Yes. If you think you may be infected, you need to go see a doctor. Good luck!

yes it can be spread through oral sex. it is even possible for the infected person to spread it to their own mouth by not washing hands after touching the lesion and then touching ones face. don't worry-- 1 out of 5 Americans has genital herpes and 1 out if 4 has oral herpes.

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