Question: Hello
I missed ask qestion - because i was busy but you will remember our discussion about genital herpes from your profile


I have question about your last answer -

As in first answer about genital herpes meningitis that it is very rare -

1. But in last letter you answered that - Genital herpes in women would be more severe and needs admission in many occasions !

How do you mean many occasions - how often ?

In literature it is said - possible complications include vaginal yeast infections (“thrush”), bladder problems with trouble urinating
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525769/

and 2 % of woman could have urine incontinence - from literature

These numbers make 2 % from woman genital herpes - not more

Some people during their first infection will also experience fever and body aches, and difficulty passing urine, requiring admission to hospital (though this is uncommon).

https://www.thewomens.org.au/health-information/sex-sexuality/sexually-transmitted-infections/genital-herpes

So in conclusion in woman not more than 2% from genital herpes - it is logic - not like woman wit genital herpes need hospitalisation in many occasions

2. And your answer as - there are rare HSV2 infections ( your answer - whereas it s very less with HSV2 infection)
Studies show that
in US
Among unpartnered 45-49 year olds, HSV2 seroprevalence was 55.3% in women
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC0000/

And results in the world are the same.

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/186/Supplement_1/S3/836780

So by older age about 50 % carry HSV2 but more than 90 % are asymptomatic - all these data from literature

So in conclusion HSV2 antibody (infection) prevalence is common !

Thank you very much