Need Year 2024 answer for Herpes stay in one region

[Fitboi86]

Hi, I have seen many different answers on this community in year 2016. I was wondering what is the conclusion of in year 2024 for herpes not spreading or will spread to other part of body ?

[CurfewX]

The answer would be the same if you asked in the year 2000, or in the year 2o50. The well-known and well-established methods of transmission and science behind outbreaks are not suddenly going to change.

Have you been diagnosed with herpes?

[Fitboi86]

Yes I have. Pls read my new post as I need help

[auntiejessi]

Herpes infects nerve groups. If you have genital herpes, it infects the sacral ganglia. This means that it can not affect any other part of your body, and can not travel to any other part of your body. It will stay in areas affected by that nerve group.

You can get outbreaks anywhere in the area that boxer shorts cover, but you won't suddenly get them on your arms, back, etc.

If you have oral herpes, it infects the trigeminal nerve, and can get outbreaks on/in the mouth, nose, eye. You won't suddenly get that traveling to your arm or back, either.

We've always known that. I don't see that question from you in 2016, and your account was created in 2017.

[Fitboi86]

Thanks for the response. Yup because I searched for this question in this community but 2016 came out and the answer were different. So just to know.

[auntiejessi]

Okay, well, without knowing what those responses were, it's hard to address those, but we've known for decades and decades that herpes doesn't travel the body.

Do you have herpes?