Sexual Health Buzz

Herpes Question:

If a person is asymptomatic for periods of 1+ year and still taking suppressive therapy, can they be considered to be non-infectious?

Herpes Answer:

Not necessarily. Just because you are on suppressive therapy and can not see or feel any signs of a herpes outbreak doesn’t mean that there isn’t any viral activity on the surface of the skin.

Don’t get me wrong, suppressive therapy is an excellent way to protect an uninfected partner from contracting herpes. You add condoms to that mix and that’s even better protection.

In the fall of 2003 they came out with clinical study results that indicated suppressive therapy could reduce an uninfected partner’s chances of contracting herpes by 50%.

Remember, there are no guarantees and there isn’t anything out there that is totally and completely 100% effective.