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Need info regarding the location of the primary hsv-2 outbreak and the impact. if on face, is it typically going to stay there for any more outbreaks or move to "below the waist" naturally?
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Same place: Hsv tends to recur in the same place. The infection can spread down there with transmission through oral sex.
Answered 3/30/2013
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