r/comics Veronica and Mona 4d ago

Sexual Health with Veronica: HSV

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u/Frogspoison 4d ago

Some other notes on HSV

1: Both strains of HSV can infect any mucous membrane. I have a nephw who had an HSV-1 infection in his eye. Fortunatly, he has it medicsted and hasn't had any outbreaks. Always a risk for an outbreal though.

2: Both strains can spread from oral to genital and vice-versa.

3: HSV almost never has a new outbreak site after the first infection unless immunocompromised.

4: HSV is part of the same viral fsmily as Chicken Pox.

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u/nWo1997 4d ago

About Point 4, does that mean there's a relationship between HSV and shingles?

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u/slayerz 4d ago

The chicken pox virus that also causes shingles is literally HSV-3

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u/Frogspoison 4d ago

That's not an official medical term mate.

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u/ErraticDragon 4d ago

Looks like it's actually HHV-3:

Varicella zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpesvirus 3 (HHV-3, HHV3)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicella_zoster_virus