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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over 10 percent of adults have HSV-2.  Most full STD testing panels don't include it because it is so common.  HSV-1 is more common. Ironically, although HSV-2 is known as genital herpes and HSV-1 is known as oral herpes, both versions can be transmitted through genital or oral contact. [/quote]

Who cares how common it is? Do you want it?  Or a Lifetime of meds? Explaining to partners & putting others at risk ?

Eww [/quote]
I’ve had it for 20 years and I literally take medication once every 1-2 years when I think one might be coming on. It usually doesn’t materialize. My spouse has never caught it.

I have a good friend who has been rejected by a few guys because of this. Funny thing, she is an incredible woman (hence her being super up front about it) and they missed out over something seriously minor. She ended up with a phenomenal guy. People DGAF about HPV, but that’s the one that can literally kill you.

Seriously, I find most adults still have an adolescent attitude about HSV but are super casual about other STDs that are more than just an inconvenience. Also, y’all already have herpes, just FYI. That’s why you have or will get your shingles vax. [/quote]

A former LTG had it and she was up front about it.  She was on Valtrex; had not had an outbreak in a long time and it was clearly dormant.

Still, she was also open that it could still technically be transmitted; condoms don’t always protect because an outbreak can occur “on the outside” and contact skin not covered by the condom.

Because it was dormant and suppressed by Valtrex, we went ahead.  But I nearly always wore a condom; about 95% of the time (and 100% for anal).  I never contracted it.

After we broke up, she married and had what I assume was a normal pregnancy / delivery.[/quote]

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