How do you get herpes in your eye?!
Question: How exactly do you get herpes in your eye, seriously?
Answers: How exactly do you get herpes in your eye, seriously?
My ex use to kiss me on my eyelids, if he had a cold sore I could have contracted herpes around my eyes. He didn't have herpes though.
I've also heard about a guy with cold sores on his mouth kissing his wife's breast. She got them around her nipples.
Anywhere an active sore makes contact, you can get a sore.
You...don't...
...do you?
Herpes simplex is a very common virus affecting the skin, mucous membranes, nervous system, and the eye. There are two types of herpes simplex. Type I causes cold sores or fever blisters and may involve the eye. Type II is sexually transmitted and rarely causes ocular problems.
Nearly everyone is exposed to the virus during childhood. Herpes simplex is transmitted through bodily fluids, and children are often infected by the saliva of an adult. The initial infection is usually mild, causing only a sore throat or mouth. After exposure, herpes simplex usually lies dormant in the nerve that supplies the eye and skin.
Later on, the virus may be reactivated by stress, heat, running a fever, sunlight, hormonal changes, trauma, or certain medications. It is more likely to recur in people who have diseases that suppress their immune system. In some cases, the recurrence is triggered repeatedly and becomes a chronic problem.
When the eye is involved, herpes simplex typically affects the eyelids, conjunctiva, and cornea. Keratitis (swelling caused by the infection), a problem affecting the cornea, is often the first ocular sign of the disease. In some cases, the infection extends to the middle layers of the cornea, increasing the possibility of permanent scarring. Some patients develop uveitis, an inflammatory condition that affects other eye tissues.
Signs and Symptoms
Pain
Red eye
Tearing
Light sensitivity
Irritation, scratchiness
Decreased vision (dependent on the location and extent of the infection)
Detection and Diagnosis
Herpes simplex is diagnosed with a slit lamp examination. Tinted eye drops that highlight the affected areas of the cornea may be instilled to help the doctor evaluate the extent of the infection.
Treatment
Treatment of herpes simplex keratitis depends on the severity. An initial outbreak is typically treated with topical and sometimes oral anti-viral medication. The doctor may gently scrape the affected area of the cornea to remove the diseased cells. Patients who experience permanent corneal scarring as a result of severe and recurrent infections may require a corneal transplant to restore their vision.
by having eye sex
By not sanitizing your herpes, ie. keeping your lips all crusted over, bleeding and whatnot, rubbing your lips and scratching close to your eye. Taking a piss, not notich\ing you may have a blister down there, which makes the virus active and easily transmitted to your hand for a few minutes before it dies. The virus is very contagious, be careful even the way you sleep if you have a cold sore, may roll your head around the pillow after your mouth has been drooling all over that same spot. That would suck to get it in your eye.
Sometimes, if you have recently caught oral herpes (cold sores) or genital herpes yourself, and you touch your oral or genital infection and then your eye, you spread it there yourself.
Or your finger could come into contact with your partner's cold sore and then you rub your eye immediately.
Sometimes an oral herpes infection sponaneously spreads up the nerve path to the eye - but it doesn't happen often.
Ocular herpes is usually spread from mouth/oral hepres - it is usually caused by the virus hsv-1. Very rarely is it hsv-2 from a genital infection.