How can the herpes virus be transmitted? Ive heard that cold sores can transmit the herpes virus during oral sex, is this accurate?
Herpes is a nuisance viral skin condition that occasionally causes major health problems. Usually, it causes only nuisance blisters & sores wherever the virus initially entered the body– Lips around the mouth, penis, vulva, anus. It can occur in less common sites, like the finger, the nipple, the eye, etc. In all cases, herpes is transmitted by direct contact between an infected person depositing their virus into the broken skin of the uninfected person. As most people have been exposed to and infected with herpes around the lips & mouth in childhood, this is probably the most common place where the virus is, and is capable of spreading to someone else by kissing, playful biting, beard rubbing around the more sensitive skin of the genitals. In many cases the virus gets transmitted during the day or so BEFORE actual signs or symptoms develop; a person can’t “intentionally” infect someone if they don’t know that they’re about to get an outbreak. Effective medications help to cut down th
