Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Many people get HSV while very young, before they are sexually active. HSV-1 is extremely common, even among people who never had sex, because people share bottles, forks, etc., and HSV-2 can be transmitted orally too. There are reasons why standard STD panels don't test for either HSV-1 or HSV-2. The reasons are that all types of HSV are extremely common and not a very big deal for people who have them.
This is very true.
Most people carry the HSV virus of one type or another.
It’s comical how few adults understand how common HSV really is:
“As of 2016, about 67% of the world population under the age of 50 had HSV-1.[3] In the United States, about 47.8% and 11.9% are estimated to have HSV-1 and HSV-2, respectively, though actual prevalence may be much higher.[4] Because it can be transmitted through any intimate contact, it is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections.[5]”
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