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Originally Posted by lucuher
Dont confuse HSV1 (mouth herpes) with HSV2 (genital herpes). Genital herpes can be extremely painful and recurring even on a monthly basis if you are unlucky - I know one gal who got it and believe me, its a big deal. HSV1? Yeah sure whatever - you can blame the dirty cup from the restaurant worst case.
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It is not that simple. HSV1 can infect the genitals and HSV2 can infect the mouth area.
A fair proportion of genital herpes infections are caused by the transmission of the HSV1 virus to the genital area during oral sex.
https://medlineplus.gov/herpessimplex.html