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Sleeping with people with genital herpes?
Liz:
I get cold sores. I have herpes! Though I haven't gotten one in a few years, so maybe it is actually a passing thing.
Lines:
Never had a cold sore. CLEAN! (Also, I can't remember if cold sores are permanent or not. You may not break out, but I can't remember if that means that the virus is actually gone or not. I know people confuse them with canker sores, which are not permanent.)
Sleeping with someone you know who has an STD is ALWAYS A BAD IDEA. It doesn't matter if she's not having an outbreak, there is still the possibility that you can get it. And from what I learned in health and human sex class, it's not like the commercials - even if you are on medication, you will never happily ride a bike while having an outbreak. Even if you are using forms of birth control, those aren't fool proof, so the best way to make sure you don't get an STD is to just not have sex with someone that you know does.
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: Linds on 21 Feb 2008, 18:06 ---health and human sex class
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I support the title of this class due to its specific title. It implies to me that somewhere in the curriculum is a health and giraffe sex class.
Blue Kitty:
maybe they forgot the e? It would mean there could be a kinkier version of it
dennis:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 21 Feb 2008, 16:25 ---To the best of my knowledge, cold sores are not a permanent condition, whereas genital herpes is. One can lead to the other, allegedly, if you engage in oral sex with someone with cold sores, said cold sores can transmit to genital herpes.
On the other hand, this could very well be one of those sex urban legends. I myself am not willing to try and find out first hand, though.
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Genital herpes are just cold sores on your genitals. Cold sores are just herpes on your mouth. They're both permanent conditions. Once you have herpes, you will always have herpes in you. You may not ever have an outbreak, but you will still have the virus laying dormant inside you.
Two main strains are herpes are simplex 1 and simplex 2. 1 is commonly found orally while 2 is commonly found genitally, but both can infect any area. You can have herpes on your eye.
You can receive genital herpes by receiving oral sex from someone with cold sores, and vice versa.
According to the CDC, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men have genital herpes. It is likely that it male-to-female transmission is easier than female-male transmission. It is likely that someone with herpes doesn't know they have herpes.
Transmission is far less likely between outbreaks than during.
What do they teach kids in school these days anyway? Jesus.
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