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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV. [/quote]

I actually think it’s just a couple people on the thread who have it and want to make it seem like way less than a big deal than it actually is. Most people dating these days are pretty serious about sexual health(at least the people I know in the 30s and 40s groups) and I personally wouldn’t be with anyone before a full std panel which included both Herpes types. And it seems pretty standard.  [/quote]

You can request to be tested for HSV, but it's certainly not standard. It's not exactly a reliable test anyway and the psychological impact generally outweighs any potential health benefit. You should probably be more concerned about HPV. And unless they just invented an HPV test for men, good luck with that. Anyone who thinks they aren't actually at risk and are totally clean are kidding themselves.[/quote]

In the majority of people-HPV doesn’t cause any visible symptoms and as a woman I get tested for it every year plus with my pap smear that’s considered highly reliable to detect if further testing is needed for cell changes. So yeah unfortunately the HPV worries are on a woman but being exposed to HSV-2 and having painful outbreaks of sores is far worse. But you know that-you are just trying to convince everybody that they already have it which is just simply not the case. And the HSV tests i’ve taken have said they are 99% accurate-so i’m not really sure why you think they are unreliable-they aren’t any more unreliable than any other std test. [/quote]

It's kind of a bogus premise. Most people with HSV-2 don't even know they have it and never have an outbreak. So if your partner never has an outbreak and the probability of you having an outbreak is low if you contract it, there are worse things to be concerned about. [/quote]

98% of HSV2 transmits in adulthood during sex. [b]80-90% of these people know they have HSV2 for certain,[/b] because it manifests as outbreak for 80-90% of people very shortly after catching it. 
So if the person had never had an outbreak they likely have a very dormant non-infectious form of HVS2, so chances of catching it from them are very low

Stop pretending like HSV2 positive people don't know they have it: at least 80% do know they have it[/quote]

Nobody knows the exact number, but your are in fake news territory. I'm not sure why you aren't concerned about HPV. Your man probably has it and you will probably get it.

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You are responding to multiple posters-i’m not the pp but I was the one who responded about HPV. I get tested for HPV every year and i’m married and have been for quite some time (not saying full proof but simply saying i’m not out there dating). And I also recently got the vaccine when they increased the age limit. But you know what-if I get it one day I get it. It’s pretty much completely unpreventable since there is no test for men. I’d still rather have that than HSV-2.[/quote]

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