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This
page is dedicated
to herpes
diagnosis
Diagnosis
can take two forms either a
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medical
doctor will give you the exact name of the pathogen causing the blisters or
we can look ourselves at the lesions and compare it to photos or from seeing
the blisters of others. Of course self diagnosis is not as reliable as a
medical diagnosis but can be ok. The results will come back saying the test
was either positive or negative, if negative this means that no pathogen was
identified meaning most likely that no virus or bacterium was found. If the
results come back positive this confirms the presence of the virus and will
talk in terms of HSV-1 for the Herpes simplex virus usually identifying the
milder strain that affects our mouth and lips or HSV-2 for blisters below
the waist or usually identified as genital herpes a slightly more virulent
strain.
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There
are two herpes simplex viruses: Type 1 (hsv-1) and Type 2(hsv-2). The
symptoms of Type 1 are cold sores in the area of the lips. The symptoms of
Type 2 are sores in area of the genitals. Either may be spread by kissing or
by sexual contact, including oral sex.
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