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been born with a std
can you be born with an std
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For you to ask such a questions makes me wonder what prompted the question in the first place. If you are having some symptoms that cause you worry...get it checked out by medical professional. Go to planned parenthood if you don't have your own doctor.
Herpes is one of the STD's that can be transfered to a child, either through vaginal birth or later in childhood through kissing if a parent gets those cold sores. While a parent is not going to kiss a child when there is a sore cus it hurts and is too tender, there is a short period of time when the herpes virus which lays dormant most the time in a persons system can travel to the surface and the invisible germs of the virus be present on the skin before there is an eruption of sores whether the oral or genital herpes.
And that is why 4 out of every 5 people are a carrier and don't know. A person can be a carrier for life and never have a break out. Only when a great stress occurs in their life does it sometimes kick start the erupting of the virus into sores. Also, the oral herpes can be passed to the genitals by oral sex. No one knowingly engages in sex when they have a sore...its too painful. I didn't know any of this until after a divorce, when I began dating, I went to get a STD test done at my regular female appointment. I asked if herpes was covered in the test. they said normally it isn't cus it is an extra expense so you have to ask for it. That is a major problem! Many go for screening and assume tdue to stress hey've been tested for herpes too. My test came back positive. But I was an older person and never had an outbreak, neither did ex. The only way I could be a carrier is to have got it from my mom whom I remember having ugly cold sores she got on her mouth all the time. Eventually, due to a great stress, I had my first outbreak.
So if you want to get tested yourself, ask point blank if they include the herpes virus in the test.
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You can if its HIV, it can pass on, many poor kids in Africa have this issue.
You can, but it depends on the STD, obviously some can only be transmitted from having sex, and others can be transmitted from touching needles that release it into the bloodstream.
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