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If you have genital herpes can the immune system get weak can it turn to hiv even if you don't have sex please explain?
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No: Genital herpes is distinctly different than the virus causing HIV. Both can come from unprotected sex, but herpes does not turn into HIV.
Answered 12/8/2014
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