[Question #7050] Genital Herpes
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62 months ago
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I'm aware that if you have HSV1 you are still vulnerable to getting HSV2 and HIV, but if you have HSV2 antibodies are you immune to contracting HSV1 (at least genitally)?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
62 months ago
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Yes, we believe that that is true. HSV 2 appears to protect against HSV 1 infection, though the opposite, as you seem to know, is not true.
Terri
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62 months ago
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Does that mean that HSV2 antibodies (whether genital or oral) are produced throughout the body's bloodstream such that it protects against both oral and genital HSV1?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
62 months ago
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Yes, an HSV 2 infection (which is almost always at least genital) protects against HSV 1 infection, regardless of location. That's correct.
Terri
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62 months ago
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If you have genital HSV1, are you immune to getting oral HSV1 (and vice versa)?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
61 months ago
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If you have only genital HSV 1, then it is extremely unlikely you would ever acquire new oral herpes, that is correct.
Terri
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61 months ago
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Can someone who's had genital HSV2 (for awhile) still get oral HSV2?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
61 months ago
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That' would be extremely unlikely to happen. The immune response that this person has built over the years would almost certainly keep that from happening.
Terri
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