How serious is Herpes? Compared to an STD?!
Question: How serious is Herpes!? Compared to an STD!?
Like can you die from it!? does it make you feel very ill!?
Oh, and is a cold sore and herpes the same thing!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Oh, and is a cold sore and herpes the same thing!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It isn't serious - more of a nuisance and inconvenience - if even that (80% of infected people don't get symptoms)!.
Genital herpes is exactly the same as a cold sore - which is an outbreak of oral herpes!. Irritating to have, doesn't look that pretty, but goes away in less than a week and doesn't come back often!.
Outbreaks don't hurt for the majority of people - like cold sores, only a few people get really severe ones!. As for psychological effects, well that is down to the unreasonable stigma that is attached to herpes, completely unrelated to it's severity!.
You feel ill when you first catch it because it is a virus - it is the same when you first catch cold sores!. It is fine after that!. It doesn't do you any harm, just causes blisters on your skin which heal and go away!. You can't die from it!. In fact, it is the least harmful sti you can have because it doesn't have negative long-term effects!.
Yes, a mother catching herpes during the last three months of pregnancy CAN pass herpes on to her baby during a vaginal birth - but it happens only in about 1 in 200,000 births!. In a UK study of neonatal herpes, the only women who passed herpes on to their babies were women catching it during pregnancy!. Women who had it prior to that did not infect their babies!. Plus, antiviral drugs and elective c-section can prevent it entirely!.
Cold sores - oral herpes - occasionally cause encephalitis in immuno-compromised patients, bu this is also extremely rare - bearing in mind that 80% of the adult population has oral hepres!. Genital herpes is no more serious than a cold sore and does not deserve to be treated as if it is!.
And to a previous answerer, an oral cold sore is never curable, because it is caused by a virus, and that virus is often the exact same one that causes genital herpes!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Genital herpes is exactly the same as a cold sore - which is an outbreak of oral herpes!. Irritating to have, doesn't look that pretty, but goes away in less than a week and doesn't come back often!.
Outbreaks don't hurt for the majority of people - like cold sores, only a few people get really severe ones!. As for psychological effects, well that is down to the unreasonable stigma that is attached to herpes, completely unrelated to it's severity!.
You feel ill when you first catch it because it is a virus - it is the same when you first catch cold sores!. It is fine after that!. It doesn't do you any harm, just causes blisters on your skin which heal and go away!. You can't die from it!. In fact, it is the least harmful sti you can have because it doesn't have negative long-term effects!.
Yes, a mother catching herpes during the last three months of pregnancy CAN pass herpes on to her baby during a vaginal birth - but it happens only in about 1 in 200,000 births!. In a UK study of neonatal herpes, the only women who passed herpes on to their babies were women catching it during pregnancy!. Women who had it prior to that did not infect their babies!. Plus, antiviral drugs and elective c-section can prevent it entirely!.
Cold sores - oral herpes - occasionally cause encephalitis in immuno-compromised patients, bu this is also extremely rare - bearing in mind that 80% of the adult population has oral hepres!. Genital herpes is no more serious than a cold sore and does not deserve to be treated as if it is!.
And to a previous answerer, an oral cold sore is never curable, because it is caused by a virus, and that virus is often the exact same one that causes genital herpes!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
herpes IS an std!.
Genital herpes can cause recurrent painful genital sores in many adults, and herpes infection can be severe in people with suppressed immune systems!. Regardless of severity of symptoms, genital herpes frequently causes psychological distress in people who know they are infected!.
In addition, genital HSV can lead to potentially fatal infections in babies!. It is important that women avoid contracting herpes during pregnancy because a newly acquired infection during late pregnancy poses a greater risk of transmission to the baby!. If a woman has active genital herpes at delivery, a cesarean delivery is usually performed!. Fortunately, infection of a baby from a woman with herpes infection is rare!.
Herpes may play a role in the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS!. Herpes can make people more susceptible to HIV infection, and it can make HIV-infected individuals more infectious!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Genital herpes can cause recurrent painful genital sores in many adults, and herpes infection can be severe in people with suppressed immune systems!. Regardless of severity of symptoms, genital herpes frequently causes psychological distress in people who know they are infected!.
In addition, genital HSV can lead to potentially fatal infections in babies!. It is important that women avoid contracting herpes during pregnancy because a newly acquired infection during late pregnancy poses a greater risk of transmission to the baby!. If a woman has active genital herpes at delivery, a cesarean delivery is usually performed!. Fortunately, infection of a baby from a woman with herpes infection is rare!.
Herpes may play a role in the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS!. Herpes can make people more susceptible to HIV infection, and it can make HIV-infected individuals more infectious!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Most STDs are cureable, herpes is not and you can pass it on to your partner, like HIV, whether you have an outbreak or not!.
But the herpes you get with cold sores or a small blister on the gum line, is not the same type don't worry that type is cureable!. My dentist says there are a variety of herpes types so its not a worry for coldsores and gums!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
But the herpes you get with cold sores or a small blister on the gum line, is not the same type don't worry that type is cureable!. My dentist says there are a variety of herpes types so its not a worry for coldsores and gums!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i can say that my doc says herpes are now as common as a cold!. don't quote me on the stat but it's like 4 out of 5 adults have it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
herpes can show its self in many differnet forms including cold sores, wart like bumps on the genitals, vagina, and anus!. And herpes is an stdWww@Answer-Health@Com
Like a cold sore, herpes is an std!!Www@Answer-Health@Com