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It works by making fucking ugly sore blisters on/around my mouth a couple times a year. they dry out and crust off after a week or so and i get on with my life.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/herpes-simplex-virus
Huh, either I dont know I have it or I got lucky. Thats crazy. I imagine an STD test would pick up HSV-2 but I wonder if it also picks up the oral variant. Ive never actually noticed any symptoms on myself. This is actually crazy though I didnt know this, I feel like more people should. TIL lol
In my experience most standard STD panels will test for HSV-2 but not 1, usually you'd have to special request it
And even when you ask about it, your doc will probably say that the test isn't worth doing because of how common HSV is and how inaccurate the test is.