Archive for July, 2010
Question: How long before herpes appears?
Friday, July 9th, 2010
Question: I slept with a girl last night and now I am scared she gave me herpes. How long does herpes take to appear if I got it? ~ Shawn Dallas, TX
Answer: It takes approximately twenty days for herpes to show symptoms.
It is my opinion that people are greatly misinformed when it comes to herpes. First, the first outbreak will be the worst so do not let fear, depression and anger slip in your mind when you first find out that you have genital herpes. Secondly, many people never have another outbreak. Their immune system kicked in and repressed the virus. Other people will have the occasional outbreak when their immune system is low enough for the herpes virus to become active.
Living with herpes is not the end of the world. I have seen some statistics where majority of sexually active adults live with herpes. And once again, do not let fear, depression or anger take root. It is very possible that the person that gave you herpes had no clue they had herpes. Some individuals are carriers and never had an initial outbreak. This is also true with herpes simplex I. I have never had a cold sore in my life, but a herpes test showed that I have herpes simplex I.
