What are the chances - Herpes Message Board

ivebeenused · 06-04-2003, 04:03 PM

Is it easy to get herpes?
If you have sex with someone who has it, is it a definite that you will get it? How likely?

Magnetic · 06-07-2003, 07:17 PM

The odds are irrelevent. You either get it or you don't. The odds are higher (maybe over 50%?) if they are having an outbreak and lower if they aren't. If you are exposed to the virus, it has to find a way to enter into your skin and get in your blood. It can usually find a way in through tiny cuts in the skin you can't see.

Colin D · 06-07-2003, 09:32 PM

This brings up a good question.

Can Type 2 enter into the blood stream anywhere on the body and infect the person? That seems logical to me; however, most everything that I've read indicates that there has to be genital to genital contact.

Colbe · 06-07-2003, 11:36 PM

Colin,
In that case, everything you've read is completely WRONG. You can catch and transfer HSV2 anywhere on the body.