Thursday, April 12, 2007
How will my friend know if her spouse of 20 plus years gave her herpes?
She's never had an outbreak until recently.
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Often times, people may exhibit no or few symptoms when infected with the HSV-1 and HSV-2 viruses. It might be very difficult, if not impossible, to discern if a particular spouse was responsible for transmitting the virus to you. Commonly, your greater risk of becoming infected with the herpes virus is during sexual intercourse occurs when your spouse has open sores. You might find the website, http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/understanding-genital-herpes-2518-143.html, helpful because it presents a large quantity of basic information on the virus itself and on transmission risk factors.
Hope this helps,
BrendanS