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Reply To: Does herpes affect anything else long term?

riverbank9 1 month ago

For most people, genital herpes is a skin condition that recurs less and less over time and does nothing else. It does not cause infertility and it does not shorten your life.

The two situations where it needs active management are pregnancy and a significantly weakened immune system. Neither applies to most people asking this.

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