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Can Herpes Be Transmitted Though Nonsexual Contact?
Hello, can herpes be picked though nonsexual contact, and what is the likelihood that it has been picked through a nonsexual mean ? If you have a long term partner who one day you were to discover that a few days after having sexual intercourse you had developed and contracted herpes symptoms does it mean that your partner is likely to have picked up the herpes virus from someone else and infected you. How should herpes be treated and should your partner be treated as well even though she has displayed no symptoms of herpes.
Sat, 29 Mar 2014
Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic.
Non sexual contact leading to genital herpes is extremely unlikely. I am afraid but if you got it from your partner then probably he/she already had it from someone else.
Herpes episodes can be of varying intensity depending on whether it is primary herpes or recurrent herpes. Primary herpes is very symptomatic and is usually treated with an oral antiviral whereas recurrent herpes is mild. Each episode of herpes is usually treated in the same way i.e with an oral antiviral and it is not necessary to treat an asymptomatic partner.
However if recurrent episodes are very frequent and bothersome, then it is advisable to take an oral antiviral regularly for upto an year.
regards
Non sexual contact leading to genital herpes is extremely unlikely. I am afraid but if you got it from your partner then probably he/she already had it from someone else.
Herpes episodes can be of varying intensity depending on whether it is primary herpes or recurrent herpes. Primary herpes is very symptomatic and is usually treated with an oral antiviral whereas recurrent herpes is mild. Each episode of herpes is usually treated in the same way i.e with an oral antiviral and it is not necessary to treat an asymptomatic partner.
However if recurrent episodes are very frequent and bothersome, then it is advisable to take an oral antiviral regularly for upto an year.
regards
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