genital herpes

Question 1

what are genital herpes?

Answer 1

STI caused by herpes simplex virus

Question 2

what are the types of HSV?

Answer 2

HSV-1
HSV-2

Question 3

which type of HSV causes cold sores?

Answer 3

mainly HSV-1
-but both actually can

Question 4

what type of HSV mainly causes rectal herpes?

Answer 4

HSV-2

Question 5

which type of HSV is more commonly sexually transmitted?

Answer 5

HSV-2

Question 6

nowadays what type of HSV causes most genital herpes and why?

Answer 6

HSV-1 due to increased genito oral sex

Question 7

How does HSV stay dormant and reactivate without the immune system fighting it off?

Answer 7

After the first infection, HSV travels to the sensory ganglia and becomes dormant- here the immune system cannot reach it

When triggered by stress/ illness it can becomes reactivates, travel back down the nerve and cause symptoms

Question 8

what sensory nerve ganglia do HSV-1 and HSV-2 lay dormant in?

Answer 8

HSV-1 lays dormant in the trigeminal nerve ganglia

HSV-2 lays dormant in the sacral nerve ganglia

Question 9

which type of HSV is more likely to transmit through viral shedding in mucous secretions?

Answer 9

HSV-2