How can herpes be contracted?!

Question: How can herpes be contracted.?

I thought that could only happen by sexual intercourse, or by intravenous drug usage.

Can it be contracted any other way.?.

I am interested due to the illness of a friend, who I would not have thought the above applied.Health Question & Answer

Answers:

Depends what sort of herpes you are talking about.

The cold sore virus is actually a strain of herpes which can be contracted via kissing etc.

The chicken pox/shingles is also a form of herpes.

The sort that you are talking about can to my knowledge only be passed on via direct contact or contamination of needles etc.

Hope this helps.

P.S- in case you hadn't gathered then there are lots of different strains of the herpes virus- all part of the same family but different appearances/ symptoms so you may have the cold sore virus but this does not mean that you have genital herpes!Health Question & Answer

if you have a cold sore or anything like that and you have contact with other persons' genitals then, they will catch herpes.Health Question & Answer

You should go to google and search herpes and get alllllll the info you need, THE CORRECT INFO..

GOOD LUCK!Health Question & Answer

can be contracted through oral sex too if the person preforming it has a cold sore in the mouth area. Scary huh.?Health Question & Answer

Via skin to skin contact, contact with secretions, etc. Read this blog to understand it more:Health Question & Answer

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