But they are getting a count based on gender/race in the charts in this article. How do they get their data if people may not have symptoms? Never understood that.
They test for the antibodies to herpes. You can be asymptomatic but have herpes. The antibodies will tell if you have it.
They test for the antibodies to herpes. You can be asymptomatic but have herpes. The antibodies will tell if you have it.
If they are honest, they can only count the ones who have been diagnosed. They can only guess to get a number of those who don't know they have it and have no symptoms.
I don't remember when I had my first fever blister on the lip when I was a child but I certainly was not sexually active as a child. I've had fever blisters occasionally through life but was always in a monogamous relationship and never anything but that. If simplex one is the only thing that causes a fever blister, then I got it as a child. My parents were married when I was born and stayed married throughout their lives. They were religious and had high standards about behavior and I lived by those rules, too.
Who knew a lip fever blister was a bad thing? Did anyone tell their perspective partner in those days, “By the way, I sometimes have a lip fever blister so you may not want to marry me.”
I read that whole article, and it said simplex one, the lip fever blister, can also cause blisters on the sex organ. I have never heard of that happening - never happened to me. I wonder if there is something else that can cause a lip fever blister? Is it only simplex one that can do that? I need to research that.
I found this below. It appears the majority of people will get simplex one as a child. My parents certainly didn’t look at everyone’s lips before they kissed me as a child and maybe one of them had a lip blister and kissed me. Here is what I found:
“Most people are first infected before they are 10 years old.
Prevention:
To help to prevent a first herpes infection in children do not let them be kissed by anyone who has cold sores, fever blisters or signs of a first herpes infection. However, HSV-1 is very common. Most children will be infected by the time they reach adulthood. Several different vaccines are being developed against HSV (types 1 and 2), but these appear to protect only people who have never been infected.
There is evidence that using sunscreen on your lips will prevent cold sores caused by sun exposure. Antiviral medicines may prevent cold sores from forming. In certain situations, your dentist or physician may prescribe these medicines. If you expect to encounter a known trigger, a medicine taken in advance can decrease the chance of a cold sore.”