Are children borne from a mother with oral herpes borne with an immunity to the disease?
Brian L asked:
My wife also has oral herpes. She says that I cant get it because my mother has it and passed some kind of immunity to me when I was in her womb. Is this true? I have been married 2 years and still no sign of herpes..... We are careful when she has an outbrake but not very careful. I have always lived with someone who has the problem so I don't have a natural fear of it.
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My wife also has oral herpes. She says that I cant get it because my mother has it and passed some kind of immunity to me when I was in her womb. Is this true? I have been married 2 years and still no sign of herpes..... We are careful when she has an outbrake but not very careful. I have always lived with someone who has the problem so I don't have a natural fear of it.
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Tags: Herpes, Immunity, Natural Fear, Oral Herpes, Womb
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
SxCheck
It is typical for babies to be taken C-section if the mother is infected. So the child is not infected.
March 23rd, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Combating Genital Herpes
No, it doesn’t give you an immunity. You can still catch it. However since 80% of the populaiton has it and you grew up with someone with it, chances are you already have it. Most people who have it have no symptoms and don’t have a clue they are infected. No, it isn’t a big deal, but just be aware catching her cold sores on your mouth isn’t bad, but if she gives you oral sex you could catch her herpes on your genitals, even when she has no symptoms. I was with my boyfriend who had oral herpes for seven years before I caught it, and he had kissed me plenty of times up to that point. The night I caught it he had kissed me but he also gave me oral sex and I caught it on my genitals. After seven years with him! Life is so unfair
He had absolutely no symptoms at the time and it is actually pretty common to spread herpes between outbreaks because lets face it, visible herpes sores don’t exactly encourage you to get up close and personal. Oral herpes is infectious on average about 18% of the time, including some times when physical symptoms are not present unfortunately.