Genital herpes ONE details?

Question

i have just been diagnosed with herpes 1 on my genitals. I was wondering if someone can please give me herpes 1 specific information to do with genitalia.

and explain the difference betwen 1 and 2 in the genital area. thanks

Answer 1

http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/STDFact-he...

Answer 2

Star gave an excellent answer.

To add to that:

Genital hsv-1 presents with the same symptoms as genital hsv-2 but recurs less frequently and is infectious for a smaller percentage of the time.

So genital hsv-1 is infectious about 3-4% of the time, compared to 15-16% for genital hsv-2, and 18% for oral hsv-1.

Genital hsv-1 recurs on average once every two years, with 50% of infected people never having a second outbreak. Genital hsv-2 recurs about 4-6 times a year on average.

However, that is not gospel, just average figures. I have genital hsv-1 and had 6 outbreaks in my first year and 8 in my second, with 2 in my third year. My sister had a primary outbreak and then didn't have one for six years.

Your outbreaks will probably get milder with time and less frequent - mine have, and the first two years, especially the first twelve months, are the worst. The longer you have the virus the better your body learns to fight it.

The advantage of having genital hsv-1 rather than genital hsv-2 is that hsv-1 is the virus that usually causes cold sores on the mouth - and 80% of adults, 60% of young people, are infected with hsv-1. This means your risk of spreading it is reduced, since anyone with a prior hsv-1 oral infection is highly unlikely to catch your infection genitally as they will produce antibodies to the virus. It can happen, but it is rare.

In some parts of the world, genital hsv-1 is far more common that hsv-2. I live in the UK, and all the women I have met here with genital herpes have hsv-1. The only women I have met with hsv-2 I met online. Officially the statistic here is 70% of new infections caused by hsv-1.

Answer 3

There are actually two types of herpes simplex virus, HSV-1 and HSV-2. These are very similar in many ways, and both can cause either oral herpes or genital herpes. They do, however, prefer to live in different areas, and they follow different patterns of reactivation. For this reason, it's useful to find out which type you have, by asking your health care provider to request this information from the lab test that is done to diagnose your herpes.

  Genital HSV1

This infection is often transmitted from the mouth of one person to the genital of another, through giving and receiving oral s*x, HSV-1 causes about 1/3 of new genital infections (about 75% of new genital infections in college students), but only recurs about once every other year, after the first year of being infected.

Symptoms of genital herpes in a primary episode vary widely from person to person. They usually occur within two to 10 days of exposure. Typically the symptoms associated with genital herpes that are recognizable involve small red bumps that may develop into blisters and open lesions. These “bumps” appear at the site of infection, which may be in or around the vaginal area, the cervix, the p***s, urinary tract of both men and women, and around the anal opening, buttocks or thighs. Sores also may appear on other parts of the body where broken skin has come into contact with HSV. Over a period of days, the sores become encrusted and then heal without scarring. Symptoms associated with genital herpes in a primary outbreak tend to take longer to heal because the body has yet to build up an immune system resistance to the viral outbreaks.

Other herpes symptoms in a primary episode may include fever, headache, muscle aches, and swollen glands in the groin area, painful urination or vaginal discharge.