How is herpes transmitted?

1. Often transmitted by droplets and saliva

2. Transmitted by sexual contact.

3. Contact with contaminated items

The following are the specific contents:

HSV infection is relatively common among the population, and people are the natural hosts of the herpes virus. The main sources of infection are genital herpes patients and asymptomatic virus carriers. When tracing the sources of male infections, nearly half are attributed to prostitutes, and the rest are almost from sexual abusers of various types of unclean sex. People with genital herpes contract the disease through sexual contact with sexual partners, who often do not know they have genital herpes. This is one of the reasons why genital herpes is so widespread.

HSV-1 is often spread by droplets and saliva, while HSV-2 is almost always spread by sexual contact.

The main route of transmission is sexual contact with patients with genital herpes, but asymptomatic carriers with a history of herpes are also sources of infection. In adults, the positive rate of genital herpes virus antibodies is relatively high, generally about 10-70, which mainly changes with socioeconomic status and sexual life. A survey showed that among women with lower socioeconomic status, the vaginal shedding rate of genital herpes virus was 0.4-1.33. When someone examined the reproductive tract of a group of prostitutes, they found that the shedding rate of genital herpes virus was as high as 12,70% of the prostitutes had genital herpes virus. It can be seen that the occurrence of genital herpes is obviously related to sexual contact. This disease is highly contagious. About 60-80% of women who have sexual contact with men suffering from penile herpes will be infected.

According to other data, people who kiss HVS-2 carriers when their autoimmunity is poor are also susceptible to genital herpes. You can also get infected through contact with contaminated items. For example, you can easily be infected with genital herpes by using contaminated bedding in hotels, bathing in bathtubs, saunas, and hot springs.

For more knowledge about herpes, please go to Heilongjiang Bi Provincial Urology Hospital