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Can Herpes Infection Be Contracted Through Unprotected Sex?
Question: I had herpes 27 years ago can i give someone herpes now?
I had a boyfriend we had unprotected sex, I bleed from having cicatricial pemphigiod.
I had a boyfriend we had unprotected sex, I bleed from having cicatricial pemphigiod.
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello! I have been through your question.
Related your concern you should know that virus may sometimes be found on an infected area, even when there are no visible symptoms. This is called asymptomatic shedding. If enough virus is present when direct skin contact (sexual contact) takes place, a partner may become infected.
The fewer recurrences a person has, the less chance there is of asymptomatic shedding.
Asymptomatic shedding tends to decline with time. It may happen during the first year and is much less likely after that.
The virus most often transmitted during the first months of a new relationship – although partners can be together for years without the virus passing from one to the other.
It is known that a majority of people catch it from someone who does not know that he or she has got this virus.
There are patients who have had herpes for a long period of time that reported that they can sometimes go by years without having another episode of herpes outbreak.
I hope my answer helps you.
Regards.
Please see the detailed answer below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello! I have been through your question.
Related your concern you should know that virus may sometimes be found on an infected area, even when there are no visible symptoms. This is called asymptomatic shedding. If enough virus is present when direct skin contact (sexual contact) takes place, a partner may become infected.
The fewer recurrences a person has, the less chance there is of asymptomatic shedding.
Asymptomatic shedding tends to decline with time. It may happen during the first year and is much less likely after that.
The virus most often transmitted during the first months of a new relationship – although partners can be together for years without the virus passing from one to the other.
It is known that a majority of people catch it from someone who does not know that he or she has got this virus.
There are patients who have had herpes for a long period of time that reported that they can sometimes go by years without having another episode of herpes outbreak.
I hope my answer helps you.
Regards.
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Dr. Nagamani Ng
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