Contents:
- Medical Video: The Truth About Herpes!
- How much risk do I get from genital herpes from a partner?
- How to safely have sex if my partner has genital herpes?
- Can my partner recover?
- How can I find out whether I have been infected with genital herpes or not?
- What health problems might occur if my partner has genital herpes?
- So, what can I do to help my partner?
- Could the couple transmit genital herpes from the toilet seat?
Medical Video: The Truth About Herpes!
Genital herpes is a highly contagious venereal disease. This disease can spread through touch, but more often spreads through sexual intercourse. When you find out that your partner has genital herpes, you may be surprised at first and then have lots of questions piling up on your head. Here are some of the answers to the most frequently asked questions if someone just found out their partner had genital herpes.
How much risk do I get from genital herpes from a partner?
Basically this depends on the sex habits you do with your partner. If you apply safe sex by always using a condom, don't use it sex toy alternately, and also loyal to one partner, your risk of genital herpes will be lower. Conversely, if you do frequent risky sex with your partner, your chances of getting genital herpes will certainly be much greater.
How to safely have sex if my partner has genital herpes?
The safest and easiest way to do it so that you don't catch genital herpes from your partner is to always use a condom during sexual intercourse. In many cases, people who have genital herpes do not know that they have been infected. Because the symptoms of this disease are very vague and very similar to the symptoms of other diseases, such as acne, insect bites, hemorrhoids, and so forth. Remember, genital herpes viruses can spread even if your partner doesn't show any symptoms.
Therefore, always having sex with a condom can be an effective prevention way so you don't get genital herpes. Men should also continue to use condoms when receiving oral sex from their partners.
Can my partner recover?
Genital herpes is a highly contagious viral infection. Someone who has been infected with genital herpes will forever have this virus in his body. Even so, the herpes virus is not always active. Viruses can "fall asleep" and hide for a while, but can be active again if triggered by something. This disease can recur at any time, for example when the immune system drops.
How can I find out whether I have been infected with genital herpes or not?
Go to the doctor and immediately do a venereal disease test to ascertain your true condition. Your doctor will take a sample if you suspect symptoms of a wound that resembles genital herpes on your skin and immediately check it in the laboratory for further testing.
Blood tests may also be done to see the antibodies that your immune system will make when you are infected. The second type of herpes simplex virus, HSV-2, almost always infects the genital area. So if the test results show antibodies to HSV-2 are detected in the blood, this means that you may have genital herpes.
While if the blood test results show antibodies to other types of herpes viruses, such as HSV-1, then there are two possibilities that occur. You can get genital herpes or oral herpes. This happens because oral herpes, can spread to the genitals during oral sex.
What health problems might occur if my partner has genital herpes?
The biggest impact of genital herpes is usually emotional and can even cause a person to experience depression. Actually this is a natural thing. Because it faces painful symptoms, changes in sexual activity with a partner, and accepts the fact that this condition cannot be cured is not easy.
Therefore, make sure you provide the best support for your partner so that they are strong in dealing with the problems at hand.
So, what can I do to help my partner?
For starters, you can understand that having genital herpes is not an easy condition to deal with. You can advise your partner to join with those who share this condition in a support group.
If you think genital herpes is damaging the relationship, you can try partner therapy. Remember, if you leave your partner to find someone else, you will still have the chance to meet other partners with the same disease. So, be wise in making decisions.
Could the couple transmit genital herpes from the toilet seat?
Viruses spread through body fluids and touch the skin directly with herpes sores. Viruses usually die quickly outside the body, so transmission is not possible through intermediary objects such as sitting on the toilet, towels, cutlery and toothbrushes.
