3 minutes ago, scorecard said:

No so simple, he may have gained the virus years / decades ago.

 

Plus he may have passed the virus to many bar girls /  casual sex partners etc., many times. 

Calm down there sunshine, he hasn't even been conclusively diagnosed is herpes.

14 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

67% of the global population have herpes.

 

It's more common than you think.

 

"More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 -- about 67 percent of the global population -- are infected with herpes simplex virus"

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-thirds-of-the-world-population-has-herpes/#:~:text=More than 3.7 billion people,are highly infectious and incurable.

 

More likely than not you or your partner have it also. 

I think some clarfication is required here.

 

There are two types of Herpes Simplex Virus - HSV-1 and HSV-2.

 

HSV-1 used to be (see below) generally found around only the mouth area (and thus generally called oral herpes) and an estimated two-thirds of the global population carry this virus.

 

HSV-2 is generally called genital herpes and is usually found around the anal-genital area, with an estimated about 15% of people aged 15+ having this virus.

 

However, over the last 2 decades or so, an increasing number of cases of HSV-1 have been reported in the genital area amongst people of do not have HSV-2.

 

A person can have HSV, but no symptoms (eg cold sores) but still transmit the virus, called asystomatic transmission.

I sure hope that you are keeping it well wrapped up when having sex these days. It’s not a nice gift to give anyone as you know all too well yourself. 

The antifungals help. 

God knows whether I ever had herpes.  (Too lazy to do a serology - for what?)

Next skin disease,  I will go straight to the IoD. BTW the waiting time there was shorter than in Bumrungrad. The seating in the waiting area is the most comfortable for me I have ever seen. And they even have power outlets to recharge your mobile! (No power, though,  but the sockets look nice)

There were quite a few foreigners,  too (only Asians)

Edited September 20, 20233 yr by Lorry