Search Results: genital herpes

Not genital herpes. This poll is just for mouth one.

Polls don’t show who votes, so please just answer honestly.

Google says that almost everyone has this, I personally don’t have it and don’t know anyone that has it and I have a huge family and friends.

son wanted to ask here if Google is accurate.

also if you do have it, is it easy for you to date? And if you’re married, was it difficult to find a partner having this?

for those who don’t have it, would you date or marry someone who has mouth herpes?

Again, not genitals. Just mouth.

The comfort of knowing you don't have to fight so hard for money? But have contracted mouth herpes and HPV

OR

the comfort of living without any contagious STDs Such as mouth herpes and HPV. But have to struggle hard for money? Starting at zero at this age

im not talking about genital herpes or other STDs, just mouth herpes and HPV specifically.

Don’t say neither, as ideally nobody would choose any of these

BUT in a scenario where you absolutely MUsT choose, which is the better choice?

If you met someone and discovered they have herpes type 1 the type that are around the mouth. Would you still marry them and have kids with them?

I knew this guy for many years but I never actually talked with him much.

i started talking with him when my boyfriend decided to just leave me.

I want to start a family and I can’t wait too long.
this guy I’m talking with also wants to start a family and he’s attractive and has a good job and his own home seems stable and a good person,

HOwEVER, today I found out he has herpes type 1.

i don’t know much about this since I don’t know anyone at all who has this.

i got sad and scared.
I don’t know what to do.

it’s not genital herpes it’s only on the lips and I had never seen them before because he says they only appear one to 3 times a year if it happens at all.

he said he had it from childhood and has no idea how he got it.

what do I do?

If she’s girlfriend material for the rest
(hsv1 is not the genital herpes, but can appear everywhere on the body)

I was unfortunate enough to be cheated on recently by my husband. He had sex repeatedly with a woman who was having a cold sore outbreak. He thought cold sores were just sores from having a cold. His affair managed to infect me with the cold sore virus on my privates, and it was VERY unpleasant.

In my research, I have learned that around 60-80% of people in the world (and in the United States) have the cold sore virus even if they do not know it. 20% of people have the better known genital herpes virus, and almost 50% will have that strain by the time they are 50 years old. It's one of the top causes of virus related blindness in the U. S. Most people catch it while they are still babies and sticking everything in their mouths and sharing toys and food.

With so many people infected, I find it strange that I am only hearing all of this after being infected. How can something so common be such a secret? How many people suffer with on or more of these issues? Honestly, I'm very scared. I know I'm not the only one. Please, share information and your personal experiences so people like me can better understand.