How do I guarantee that I won't give a partner herpes?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.พ. 2018
- In this video, Alexandra Harbushka from Life With Herpes shares one of the main concerns people diagnosed with herpes have are protecting their partner from herpes transmission. She shares 3 tips on how to prevent transmission.
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In short you can not guarantee you will prevent passing herpes. Think about it, that is why this little virus has made it for generations and keeps on giving. But there are some precautions you can take to protect your partner.
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One of the main concerns or questions I get are how do I prevent passing herpes to my partner. And today’s question comes from David in Philadelphia. He asks, “how do I guarantee I won’t pass herpes to my partner.” The short answer is, you can not guarantee you will prevent passing it. That is why this little virus has made it for generations and keeps on giving. I talk about more about this in episode 078 if you want to hotpover and learn more.
Here are the 3 best ways to prevent passing herpes to your partner:
Educate yourself
Talk to your partner
Use protection
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You are such a an inspiration for making these videos ❤
I love yur channel already😍
Thanks for this
Hello I have a question I was recently diagnosed November 3rd my doctor gave me medicine & I recently did a follow up to get my prescription refill. I asked my doctor could I be placed on a daily antiviral his response was it’s basically overkill to take daily antiviral.
There’s no guarantee - because never know when you are in shedding mode and it’s only a question of time - your partner just have to love you enough to be prepared for that.
True, the main headache for me about this Cold sore thing is like fighting invisible enemy.
Yess and how do we know if someone have herpes genital without any symptoms/ sheeds
Viral shedding happens more when having an outbreak... it decreases when not having an outbreak(still can happen just less)... Proper hygiene especially with natural products/soaps such as eucalyptus soap, tea tree oil soaps..etc in conjunction with healthy eating, vitamin supplements such as selenium, vitamin-C, vitamin D3, Zinc, Lysine (all natural antivirals or have antiviral properties), and/or antiviral meds can reduce viral shedding even more (when not having an outbreak).
@@Imsofialim Viral shedding happens more when having an outbreak... it decreases when not having an outbreak(still can happen just less)... Proper hygiene especially with natural products/soaps such as eucalyptus soap, tea tree oil soaps..etc in conjunction with healthy eating, vitamin supplements such as selenium, vitamin-C, vitamin D3, Zinc, Lysine (all natural antivirals or have antiviral properties), and/or antiviral meds can reduce viral shedding even more (when not having an outbreak). NOTE: Viral shedding essentially decreases over time
What kind of anti-viruses are you taking?
I wish more videos just got straight to the point..
I was diagnosed with genital herpes years ago and i was told it can only be contracted when i had an out break. My partner that i was engaged to decided to leave me to go back to his ex wife and he was tested he found out he had herpes and now is mad at me. I don't want to give it to my family or anyone else.
He may have already had it🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
Sounds like karma as bad as that sounds... He decided to be with you and accept you yet when decides to leave you that it wasn't okay... That in itself is not okay
It happens its life. Oh well with him. He left you anyway that's on him
@@YourMamaNeedsJesus It most certainly is ok. A person has the right to leave anyone. Especially when they have a contagious disease.
@@cassandrabaily4709 You don't even know Janice. She could be an awful person.
fred hutch research center are looking to cure it with crispr they have a fundraiser page for HSV so dont give up hope could happen in future
Yes I saw that! I already donated quite a lot of money to them. I really hope they accelerate the creation of a cure.
Please put a link to Episode 78! I cannot find it in your playlist which is not quite in sync.
liselle sloan oh no...I will have to look for it???
have you found it?????
liselle sloan
I'm just curious my new partner has been diagnosed years ago but has never had symptoms doesnt take meds for it... how can I prevent this or can i?
have you caught it yet? and make sure they taking some typa medicine my boy! u living risky
Everyone is different eat healthy
I cant stop crying.
Why
@@siobhanquinn4635 couldnt understand why i got that the only thing that i have ever had never had anything else first time and only time i get a life disease lost s alot of self worth couldnt understand why me like i didnt get a chance to straighten up you know have clamydia get meds be more careful ....nope life disease first time never had anything else seems harsh to me
why
@@jordancrawford37 I understand u, u can’t make light of everything
Stress makes it worse
This virus is ridiculous
Everyone saying it’s cured but are y’all robots or real people.
They robots luv
When do you communicate you have cold sores?
If you're on a date and feel that that kiss is near, you can casually mention it.
Video starts at 3:25 christ....
My girlfriend didn’t tell me about it and until now I still afraid
I recently got diagnosed and I have a question I have genital herpes is it safe for me to kiss my partner even tho I don’t have oral herpes or would I still be at risk of infecting them
Kissing won't transmit genital herpes. It's skin to skin contact, so wherever you have it, that's where you're contagious.
You won't transmit genital herpes via kissing, but you can if she's giving you oral and then she'll have oral herpes
BTW once you've developed antibodies to your herpes, you can't transmit the virus to anywhere on your body... Example, you've genital herpes and you touch your penis and put the finger in your mouth or anywhere else, it won't transmit there... Your genitals is the only region, you'll have herpes outbreaks or symptoms... But you can still get oral herpes if you have oral contact with the other person having oral herpes
Why do doctors say your only contagious when you have an outbreak ? If your contagious either with the outbreak or not?
They want u to be misinformed so u spread it. Pharmaceutical companies make money off treatment.
If you take a daily antiviral and there is a 2-5% chance of shedding the virus. If you do not take daily antivirals there is a 5% chance of shedding the virus if you do nothave a current outbreak. Having a current outbreak or open sores is where you have a high risk of transmission. If you are not in a serious relationship or not quite comfortable make sure you wear condoms while not an active outbreak (cannot see any lesions or sores).
@@mckenzyworthington5459 I guess u can get back to me
@@joannajimenez1065 I'm sorry?
@@mckenzyworthington5459 hey sorry I see u have herpes virus I want to know if I can get preg without infection the baby
i have oral since like 8 years old . been married 27 years and my wife still don't have it . what i do ? just don't kiss her or have oral sex during outbreaks, (i been for more than 8 years without an outbreak maybe more), every time I get sick (and its rare i get sick ) or have a fever i take 1-2 tablet of zovirax or generic just as precaution and not even have a blister . so in my experience the % is 0 if have the precautions during outbreak or think going to have 1 . but like Alexandra said you cant be 100% sure of anything . i just talk about my exp
Thank you for sharing
is it just by hugging body skin to skin contact can spread herpes?
@@sarahwilliam3160 congrats,..it means sexual with strangers is not safe, though we use condom?
@@tupai62 condoms are not 100% safe. Are you herpes positive?
What about kissing?
No! Not from hugging. You get it from having intercourse this Is what she means by skin to skin. I don't know why she's not specific about It to help people better understand.
Hello, there is a girl and I really really like and she was honest and said I have herpes down between her vagina. She says I want to catch it if she breaks up I’m afraid to make love to her because I don’t wanna catch it if anybody sees us, can you give me some good advice
Hi, so she disclosed which is great and shows her personality! Now it's up to you to take make a decision. She can take antivirals to lower transmission, supplements to keep her immune system strong, like monolaurin, lysine, vit c, vit d, zinc (We really like this brand: www.naturalcurelabs.com/collections/all-products?ref=LWH), however there is no 100% guarantee. You need to decide about it.
That's not totally true It's a possibility you can catch HSV2 from her whether she has an outbreak or not. Also still risk getting It If you wear a condom. Just know It's not a cure for HSV2.
My biggest problem is there really isn't a solution. If you have oral the only thing you can do is, never kiss, never share anything your mouth touches. You can't do anything. How can you be with a partner and never kiss them. You would have to find someone who already has it. Or the uninfected person has to have the risk until they have it.... So really I think you can't do anything other then find someone who already has it??
Believe it or not I'm dating a virgin who accepts me, even if he gets it. We haven't had sex but have done foreplay, tbh I never have had an outbreak but tested positive for hsv2. I love him so much and we wanna get married one day. I'm 27
So hsv 2 not allowed even just kiss the partner ??
What the solution? Have u find the answer ?
wait so you can kiss if you've only HSV2?@@YourMamaNeedsJesus
I don't see how one can't pass it on, especially in a long term relationship. If shedding is happening and you can't time it or know when it's happening then it seems at some point it will being happening when you are intimate thinking its ok. If it doesn't get passed on then maybe there is some scientific reason some are more resistant to it, maybe ?
Not everyone sheds. My friend told me that her husband avaoided her when they were dating. Thats when she got mad and he confessed that he had herpes and didnt want her to get it. She was upset at first, but he was crying and by then she already loved him and stayed. She never got it because he knew his body. waited a week after a outbreak. Now, there's people who don't get symptoms. Its called asymtomatic shedding. It's on the skin. This is how I get it. People think that Herpes is a dirty STI that someone who sleeps around gets but its not true. I had 1 4 yr relationship and this guy I knew for years. Everyone has had unprotected sex at some time, some were just unlucky.
Also, the chance of me getting it while he was shedding is low. It really sucks
Joe Lewus you need to improve your skin health. Take selenium and zinc to support skin and selenium will stop virus replication. Blue berries will stop viruses adhere to cell walls. I also bought a gel lubricant from Mexico, this gel has molecules that will kill all kind of viruses and bacteria, everything gets kill either is HIV, Herpes, Or any type of bacteria and the best thing is all natural and safe. EVITER is the name you can only buy it from amazon. Barak Obama knew about this in 2013. With this you will not pass it on, there is no way it is very effective. Good luck
@@survival2324 I'm interested in the product you talk about. My girlfriend has herpes and I've been doing research on treatments we can use for me to lower the changes on getting it. Do you know where I can find more info about that product? have you used it yourself, and has it been effective ?
Santiago Romero Eviter you can buy it on amazon only. Shipped from Mexico. They created a molecule that killer all kind of viruses and bacteria 100% effective even Barak Obama went to net them in 2013 to congratulate this people for the discovery. I use the gel lubricant but they have body creams too.
You can't. And if your sleeping with your partner you better hope they don't have an auto immune disorder like chrons disease. It will reek havoc on that person in remission Everytime they get a break out. So be careful.
Wait what can happen to them if they have an autoimmune disease
Smh at all the bots posting in the comments
This video made it worse
If you take a daily antiviral and there is a 2-5% chance of shedding the virus. If you do not take daily antivirals there is a 5% chance of shedding the virus if you do not have a current outbreak. Having a current outbreak or open sores is where you have a high risk of transmission. If you are not in a serious relationship or not quite comfortable make sure you wear condoms while not an active outbreak (cannot see any lesions or sores).
@@mckenzyworthington5459 2-4% percent who told u tht
Where did you get that statistic 2-5%?
@@mckenzyworthington5459
What about with a water bottle.
Celibate for life nowwww
At the same time thought... everyone is going to get it at some point. Evolution baby
when I say everyone I mean human kind as a species.. why delay our progress?
So you’re saying I should just keep having sex even though there’s a 50/50 chance I’ll spread it every time?
If you take a daily antiviral and there is a 2-5% chance of shedding the virus. If you do not take daily antivirals there is a 5% chance of shedding the virus if you do not have a current outbreak. Having a current outbreak or open sores is where you have a high risk of transmission. If you are not in a serious relationship or not quite comfortable make sure you wear condoms while not an active outbreak (cannot see any lesions or sores).
@@mckenzyworthington5459 and not taking antivirais and using condoms? Is 5%?
@@mckenzyworthington5459so what about kissing ? Can transmitted?
I’m never having sex again 🤭😵
jose macias don’t let this stop you from falling in love and sharing it with someone.
Do you know of ANYONE, ANYONE who has been able to find a way to eradicate the virus and go back and test negative after testing positve?
Hello, once you have it it's a virus that's in your whole body in your blood. Dont believe people who say got cured with oregano oil. Theres no cure just antiviral drugs that help prevent outbreaks. It's a very tricky virus you can tell or not when you shed the virus. You can always transmit it, skin to skin.
Now why would you want to do this? Someone sueing you because you knew?
Who cares lol… anything is worse than this… even a cold is worse 😂
You’re right to a certain degree it’s just the fact that I’m stuck with it for life I’m sure if this thing came and went no one would b complaining but no one is cool with having this for life and don’t wanna pass it to their partner or parents
@@kevintalley1158yess so if someone diagnozed hsv2 she or he can transmitted just by kissing?
@@Imsofialimno