Sexual Health Buzz

This week I decided to pick questions from the STD Forum and post my answers here on the Sexual Health Buzz blog. I’m thinking those that don’t like to participate on forums might like to see what we discuss. Plus, the blog posts might help somebody out there somewhere.

Most people that test positive for HSV-2 and negative for HSV-1 have genital HSV-2. Statistics dictate that it’s more common to have genital HSV-2 than it would be to have oral HSV-2.

Some people will say that they have never had an outbreak in the genital area but how do they know for sure? Sometimes it’s easy to make a mistake about that since there are so many other issues that can come up down there. For example: jock itch, yeast infection, bacterial visions.. stuff like that!

I realize that sometimes healthcare professionals will attempt to diagnose people just by glancing at the area but that’s really not always the best way. If you have an outbreak it’s probably a good idea to try and get in to see your doctor within the first 24 – 48 hours of the sore area popping up. That way your doc can do a herpes culture and send that off to the lab ASAP. The doc can also have the lab type the test so that you can find out if it’s HSV-1 OR HSV-2. If you wait too long to get the culture done then that makes it possible for your test results to come back false negative which is why I’m always telling people to get in QUICK. If the doctor can’t see you then there is always urgent care clinics that can help.

As for being able to pass herpes on without having an outbreak – it’s totally possible. That’s why some healthcare professionals will tell you to always use a condom but you also have to figure that a person can still contract herpes even with the use of a condom since a condom doesn’t cover the entire genital area.

Conflicting Info – You can read the original post here!