Talk:Herpes

Possible error about HSV reinfections

The article makes the following claim without citation: "In HSV-1-infected individuals, seroconversion after an oral infection prevents additional HSV-1 infections such as whitlow, genital herpes, and herpes of the eye."

This seems contradicted by the NHS, which says that herpes of the eye usually come from reinfection at a new site: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/herpes-simplex-eye-infections/?fbclid=IwAR0upARMKw2yL34Vrkj2VcbxQ1ospEuKWFoK1hL2Fz6ASm0I_XSKd61ULSo

I see three possibilities:

(1) The NHS is wrong

(2) The article is wrong

(3) The article is using the word "prevents" in the sense of "helps prevent" rather than "prevents 100%" (similar to how a vaccine prevents disease)

The most charitable and likely interpretation is #3, so I've edited the section to say "helps prevent" instead of "prevents."

The article that you linked to clearly says: "Herpes simplex eye infections usually occur when a previous infection with the virus reactivates and spreads to the eye." I do not know where you found the stuff about reinfection. Ruslik_Zero 20:18, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Pre-exposure and post-exposure therapy, eaten by partner who does NOT have HSV?

Wikipedia now says:

"Transmission risk from infected female to male is around 4–5% annually.

Suppressive antiviral therapy reduces these risks by 50%".

// Antiviral therapy eaten by whom? If I a male and I don't yet have HSV-1 or HSV-2, and I eat antivirals pre-exposure and post-exposure, how well does that work? Any research?

11:22, 22 February 2023 (UTC) 91.159.191.87 (talk) 11:22, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Disseminated Herpes Simplex

Someone authoritative needs to add information to this page about the systemic version of HSV, known as Disseminated HSV-1, for example, which can be dangerous. Thank you. 68.53.104.105 (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 18 October 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lightoil (talk) 19:29, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

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Herpes simplex → Herpes – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONCISE. "Herpes" already redirects here and thus this article is already considered the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and "Herpes" is a much more common term for this type of infection than "Herpes simplex". This is the same type of situation as when we moved Diabetes mellitus to Diabetes a few years ago. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:08, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support per COMMONNAME.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:15, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Support per nom. The proposed title is the primary topic, is the common name for the subject, and is a more concise term. The Night Watch (talk) 14:44, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.