Reply To: 8 Weeks symptoms, HSV-2?

[Confused777]

Hi Terri,
I’ve been having a lot of symptoms that you’ve said are uncharacteristic of HSV-2, but I’ve been tested for everything now and there isn’t anything else to explain my symptoms. I have a couple of questions.

1. What determines what symptoms are and are not associated with HSV-2?

2. What is the clinical definition of “asymptomatic” in regards to the herpes virus?

3. I’ve read of people becoming infected when someone was asymptomatic. Does asymptomatic in this case just mean the absence of visible symptoms, or does it also mean the absence of any prodrome symptoms?

Thanks!