Transmission
This is a general question, I'll use an example rather than asking it.--If a female has herpes on her mouth, and she has vaginal intercourse with a male, and her mouth never touches him, would the herpes transmit through the vagina?I ask because I was always told it transmits through "skin contact". Though these are called "sexually transmitted diseases/ infections". As such, I would assume it to be. Then again, it never hurts to ask.Thanks.
Lee!
Welcome to A2A, Lee.
Herpes infections are usually only local, and infection requires contact with infected skin or fluids (though not necessarily showing any symptoms). So in your example, there should not be any transmission (assuming the woman does not also have asymptomatic genital herpes, which is unfortunately quite common).
However, generalising to other STDs is risky. Some other STDs are also localised (e.g. warts), but others may spread and infect the whole body (e.g. syphilis).
