Can You Get Herpes In More Than One Spot?
The question of whether herpes can occur in more than one spot is somewhat nebulous as it may be referring to two different things: whether herpes symptoms can occur across different areas of the body; whether a person can become reinfected with herpes.
Let’s consider the former question — whether herpes symptoms can occur across different areas of the body — first.
A characteristic of herpes is that when herpes outbreaks occur, they occur only in that specific area where herpes infection took place. A person who was initially infected with herpes in their genital region will have outbreaks — if outbreaks should ever occur — in their genital region. A person who became infected with herpes via their genital region will not have outbreaks on their torso, or their face, or their legs.
Herpes outbreaks occur only where infection initially took place.
This trait can be quite specific indeed. A person who gets outbreaks of fever blisters (fever blisters are another term for cold sores) in the area of their mouth will get these outbreaks only where their infection initially took place. If infection took place on the left side of the mouth, this is where any future outbreaks will also occur.
If nothing else outbreaks can demonstrate where a herpes infection initially took place, if this information isn’t known to begin with.
The answer to whether a person can become reinfected with herpes is, for all intents and purposes, no. When herpes infection takes place, the body quickly produces antibodies to fight the infection. These antibodies will prevent infection from reoccurring if future exposures should take place by destroying new traces of the virus as it enters the body.
When it comes to herpes, and herpes simplex in particular, infection occurs only once.
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