If you are infected with type 1 herpes only, it will not turn into the type 2 or genital herpes.
Cold sores are a form of herpes. If he has a cold sore and his lips touch your vagina, then you can absolutely get genital herpes.
No. If it did, genital herpes would get better a lot faster.
A cold sore is a herpes infection of the lip. Herpes simplex type I usually causes cold sores while type II usually causes genital herpes. Occasionally it can be the other way around.
A person has to be infected with the herpes virus (type 1) to get a cold sore.
The herpes virus is spread by skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, at the location where the virus is active, during a time when they are shedding virus.If a person shedding cold sore virus at the mouth performs oral sex on you, you can get genital herpes.You can not get genital herpes from your own cold sores, unless you are very flexible.Many people are under the mistaken impression that the type of herpes that causes cold sores is different from the type that causes genital herpes. This is a myth; herpes types 1 and 2 each can cause oral or genital lesions.One third of the population is unaware that they have the virus, that's why it's being spread so easily. One out of 5 people has the virus, and that number is growing. There is no cure. There are antivirals that are prescribed that keep the number of outbreaks down, but like I said, just because you don't have a sore, doesn't mean you can't get it. Acyclovir and Valacyclovir are the two most prescribed anti-virals.
If someone performing oral sex on you has a cold sore, you could get cold sores on your genitals. Another name for that condition is genital herpes.
A cold sore can't lead to herpes simplex two; they are a different virus.
Yes it is
The herpes virus causes cold sores to appear.
Mononucleosis is caused by a herpesvirus called Epstein-Barr virus. There are many herpesvirus and they each cause different things. Epstein-Barr can not cause a cold sore or genital herpes.
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