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Can a person infected with HSV-1 have both oral and genital herpes ?

Can a person infected with HSV-1 only have both oral and genital herpes ? I have read that if a person has oral (or genital) from HSV-1 , he can't get the other herpes from HSV-1. Is that correct ?

Yes it is possible to be a carrier of both viruses, The thing that people dont usually know is that HSV-1 and HSV-2 are very simliar viruses and still can posses same like symptoms they contain about 50% of the same DNA, which is why sometimes you may have HSV-2 and still have HSV-1 symptoms. But yes it is also still possible to be dx with both these viruses.

You're a little confused about HSV1 - HSV1 is herpes simplex virus 1 which can be oral or genital. Then there is HSV2 which is mainly genital. You can have HSV1 genitally or orally or both. You can also have HSV1 orally and HSV2 genitally.

There difference is the severity of the virus. HSV2 is worse than HSV1, because 1 likes the oral better. So if you have hsv1 genitally, the obs won't be as bad, you might not even have any at all.

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