Can tests show the difference between genital herpes and herpes in the mouth?!
Question: Can tests show the difference between genital herpes and herpes in the mouth.?
Answers:
actually, genital herpes and mouth herpes, as they are popularly called, are just names used by the general population. you can get either virus in either place; the only difference is that the the oral version, or HSV-1 usually prefers the area around the mouth and the genital version, HSV-2 generally prefers the genital area.
which version or strain of the virus you have is easily detected by a simple blood or swab test.Health Question & Answer
which version or strain of the virus you have is easily detected by a simple blood or swab test.Health Question & Answer
Cold sores or herpes in/of the mouth are generally hsv-1 and genital herpes is usually hsv-2. The viruses have a slightly different make up but are very similar.
If someone with hsv-1 or cold sores on their mouth gives a person oral sex it could pass hsv-1 to the genitals.
It is very rare that hsv-2 infects someone orally but it can happen.
Blood tests and cultures can show which virus is which. Cultures of a sore can tell you what virus and where it is because its taken from the site of the sore, but those tests are time sensitive because the sore may be healing and the virus may be gone by the time you get into the doctor to get the test, giving you a false negative result. Blood tests will tell you if your body has either virus but not the location of it, and they can be taken anytime whether you have an outbreak or not.Health Question & Answer
If someone with hsv-1 or cold sores on their mouth gives a person oral sex it could pass hsv-1 to the genitals.
It is very rare that hsv-2 infects someone orally but it can happen.
Blood tests and cultures can show which virus is which. Cultures of a sore can tell you what virus and where it is because its taken from the site of the sore, but those tests are time sensitive because the sore may be healing and the virus may be gone by the time you get into the doctor to get the test, giving you a false negative result. Blood tests will tell you if your body has either virus but not the location of it, and they can be taken anytime whether you have an outbreak or not.Health Question & Answer
Oral herpes is Herpes 1 which is much less severe but can still be transferred to the genitals giving the Receiver either type 1 or type 2(the most severe)Health Question & Answer
Yes.
Genital herpes - herpes simplex
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Genital herpes - herpes simplex
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