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Can you give a person genital herpes if you never have an outbreak? what's the chances of a female having children if she has genital herpes?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

If you carry the: Herpes simplex virus then it can shed virus even when you don't have an outbreak. Having herpes simplex infection does not mean a woman can't have a baby - but the issue of potentially infecting the baby at birth needs to be addressed.

Answered 4/16/2016

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