How long can you have Genital Herpes with out showing symptoms?!
Question: How long can you have Genital Herpes with out showing symptoms.?
Days.? Months.? Years.? I thought it was a year or so but I wasn't sure. So how long can you have the virus with out showing any symptoms.? Health Question & Answer
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Most people with genital herpes spend their entire life never knowing that they have it.
Other people are diagnosed only when they finally accidentally infect their partner.
It is rare for someone to be without symptoms for many years and then suddenly have a very severe outbreak. But it is possible and not uncommon for people to be without symptoms for many years and then have some tiny sore that finally reveals that they have herpes.
Just because your partner gave you herpes, that doesn't mean that they've cheated on you. Even if you've been together for years and years.
Good luck.Health Question & Answer
Other people are diagnosed only when they finally accidentally infect their partner.
It is rare for someone to be without symptoms for many years and then suddenly have a very severe outbreak. But it is possible and not uncommon for people to be without symptoms for many years and then have some tiny sore that finally reveals that they have herpes.
Just because your partner gave you herpes, that doesn't mean that they've cheated on you. Even if you've been together for years and years.
Good luck.Health Question & Answer
Oh, if you have genital herpes...or any herpes for that reason, you may not show any symptoms at all. Even though people usually do within a couple weeks, you just may not show at all. But that doesn't mean that you still can't spread the disease, because you surely can. And it does mean you still have it. And it probably won't go away unless you get it treated. Good Luck! =]Health Question & Answer
I've heard that someone can have it for years without knowing, but I got my 1st symptoms 2-3 days after exposure to herpes. I knew for sure that I had it. Health Question & Answer
you can have the virus for your entire life without knowing, that's why so many people have it. Health Question & Answer
Life. Seriously.Health Question & Answer
Indefinitely. There is not a fixed period in which you develop symptoms. Health Question & Answer
usually a yearHealth Question & Answer
it's different for everyone. Best to get tested.Health Question & Answer
i think it is many many yearsHealth Question & Answer