That's disgusting. I just looked up some pics, etc. of oral herpes cold sores. It's gross. I'm going out with a girl that has oral herpes tomorrow and I was going to kiss her, etc. , but I'm just nexting her now. My mom has oral herpes, but luckily I don't.
Do 20% of Americans Really Have Oral Herpes?
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Brian20o2
Master Don Juan
Isnt that the same thing as a cold sore? cause i bet 90% of americans get coold sores.
Touqen
Don Juan
Your standard run of the mill cold sore is a small herpes outbreak generally as a result of the Herpes Simplex Virus. There is another strain called Herpes Simplex Virus II which mostly affects the genital region. Each of the virus' can affect other regions as well.
It's estimated that 80-90% of humans have had a oral herpes infection by age 10.
[Source: http://www.herpes.org/herpesinfo/hsv-one2.shtml]
It's estimated that 80-90% of humans have had a oral herpes infection by age 10.
[Source: http://www.herpes.org/herpesinfo/hsv-one2.shtml]
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
I think 20% of Americans have genital herpes, HSV II. It is hard to define exactly who does and does not have herpes, because they say some people can carry the virus without ever having an outbreak. To add to the confusion, there are dozens of different strains of the virus, and each person will react differently to different strains.
If you are going to have an active sex life with numerous new partners, HSV and HPV (warts) are just part of life. Condoms cut risk by about half, which is not much protection. You will meet more people with hsv/hpv than you will meet without, whether you realize it or not.
If you are going to have an active sex life with numerous new partners, HSV and HPV (warts) are just part of life. Condoms cut risk by about half, which is not much protection. You will meet more people with hsv/hpv than you will meet without, whether you realize it or not.
That is why its important to be selective when you decide to fvck someone. You have less chances in catching it with the girl next door as oppose to the town wh0re.
Easy lay with a stripper will often get you more then you bargain for.
Choose quality not quantity.
DjDamage
ER!C L!VE
Master Don Juan
I've had cold sores pop up on my lip about every month as far back as I can remember. It really takes a toll on your self esteem and how you interact with people. Imagine that every time you go to school you get your teachers rubbing their lips right after looking at you, or having people not even wanting to look at your face when you get one. fukking sux.
Anyway, as you can imagine, it's really tough to sarge with a big crusty sore on your lip.
I was in a relationship for 5 years with a girl who never got a cold sore in her life. I would always get them, we'd avoid kissing on the lips when I had one. She never caught it. It's my understanding that most people in the US have it, but only a few actually break out with them.
I finally got rid of them, after I started taking the drug Zovirax. It's a pharmaceutical that works amazingly well to help prevent a full on outbreak. You take it right when you feel the tingling of a cold sore coming on.
A few years ago, I'd get a sore about once every 3 months. Now, I get one about once a year.
Better living through chemistry. :cheer:
Cheers!
Eric
Anyway, as you can imagine, it's really tough to sarge with a big crusty sore on your lip.
I was in a relationship for 5 years with a girl who never got a cold sore in her life. I would always get them, we'd avoid kissing on the lips when I had one. She never caught it. It's my understanding that most people in the US have it, but only a few actually break out with them.
I finally got rid of them, after I started taking the drug Zovirax. It's a pharmaceutical that works amazingly well to help prevent a full on outbreak. You take it right when you feel the tingling of a cold sore coming on.
A few years ago, I'd get a sore about once every 3 months. Now, I get one about once a year.
Better living through chemistry. :cheer:
Cheers!
Eric
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
pretty much.. I bet alot of people here have herpes and don't even know it.
i am more afraid of herpes than aids
i am more afraid of herpes than aids
yup
i've got it! I used to get cold sores about once a year but I was sick of going crazy for a week. I literally wouldn't come out of my room because of the way it is viewed by society
Now I take 500 mg of lysine dailiy and I haven't had it in 2 years.
BTW, lysine is an amino acid that helps prevent herpes if taken daily
i've got it! I used to get cold sores about once a year but I was sick of going crazy for a week. I literally wouldn't come out of my room because of the way it is viewed by society
Now I take 500 mg of lysine dailiy and I haven't had it in 2 years.
BTW, lysine is an amino acid that helps prevent herpes if taken daily
AIDS is a death sentence ! Lots of people live with herpes and you can still have an active sex life and enjoy your entire life. If u really are more afraid of herpes than AIDS, why don't u go watch some AIDS victims as their are on their deathbed in the hospital, so exhausted they can't walk, no immune system, coughing up blood, and just waiting to die, and then come back and tell me which u are more afraid of.