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A member asked:
How can genital herpes 1 be spread?(mouth herpes on genitals) through oral?sex? and does it cause pain in thighs at all? or give prickly sensations?
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Genital or oral sex: Genital herpes due to HSV1 is not commonly spread at all, a lot less than HSV2. Outbreaks and asymptomatic viral shedding are infrequent. But transmission is possible by intercourse (genital to genital) or oral sex (genital to mouth). GH doesn't cause leg pain or give "prickly sensations" -- maybe rarely just before an outbreak, but never the only symptom and never lasting more than 1-2 days.
Answered 2/25/2017
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