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My friend learned she has herpes 2 from her ex. never saw symptoms on him (he was unaware he had it...). possible to catch h2 if no symptoms present?
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Herpes Transmission: Patients should be taught about asymptomatic shedding and the risk of transmission? Patents with genital herpes should be counseled that simply avoiding sexual contact when lesions are present is not adequate for prevention of transmission and that asymptomatic shedding is frequent and is the most common mechanism of transmission to sex partners.
Answered 12/16/2013
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Herpes: Yes. Absolutely. 90% of people who are infected with herpes type two do not have outbreaks. They may not even know where they are infected. We now know without any doubt that those infected with herpes can shed virus and thus be contagious whether they have sores or not.
Answered 12/16/2013
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