Is herpes simplex virus 1 serious?

Type 1
Often referred to as fever blisters or cold sores, HSV Type 1 infections are tiny, clear, fluid-filled blisters that most often occur on the face. Less frequently, Type 1 infections can occur in the genital area. Type 1 may also develop in wounds on the skin.
There are two kinds of infections 鈥?primary and recurrent. Although most people get infected when exposed to the virus, only 10 percent will actually develop sores. The sores of a primary infection appear two to twenty days after contact with an infected person and can last from seven to ten days.
The number of blisters varies from one to a group of blisters. Before the blisters appear, the skin may itch, sting, burn, or tingle. The blisters can break as a result of minor injury, allowing the fluid inside the blisters to ooze and crust. Eventually, crusts fall off, leaving slightly red healing skin.
The sores from the primary infection heal completely and rarely leave a scar. However, the virus that caused the infection remains in the body. It moves to nerve cells where it remains in a resting state.
People may then have a recurrence either in the same location as the first infection or in a nearby site. The infection may recur every few weeks or not at all.
Recurrent infections tend to be mild. They can be set off by a variety of factors including fever, sun exposure, a menstrual period, trauma (including surgery), or nothing at all.
For chronically ill people and newborn babies, the viral infection can be serious, but rarely fatal.

heres a quick answer ...no it's not that serous a lot of people have it ...even children. it's only serous if you give someone oral during an outbreak because you can give them genital herpes. sooo make sure you don't touch your mouth in anyway because it is contagious and don't share straws or forks and no kissing if you have cold sores or mouth blisters

Here is a Great site for info:

http://www.herpes-coldsores.com/herpes_s...

Herpes simplex type 1 is what is commonly called a "cold sore".

It comes from the same herpes virus family from the virus that causes genital herpes. But this is not considered a STD.

A lot of people have the virus, since it is so highly contagious. Once infected, the person will have outbreaks when the body is taxed by stress, sun exposure, etc.

Normally it is not serious, and the symptoms are self limiting. (Which means that they go away on its own. )

Hope this helps :)

In a large majority of cases, no. 1 out of 5 people has one kind of herpes or another and only 1 out of 4 people that have it know it. So if it can go unnoticed for that many people, it can't be that bad!

Simplex 1, found on the mouth, is the most common. It can be passed on whether a person has "cold sores" or not. The body is continuously shedding the virus. It is most often simply a cosmetic issue. The only time it would pose a problem would be if it spread into your eyes, and this is not common.

nope but can be if you dont take care of it correctly..if you make oral contact whilst the cold sores are on you lips, you can easily pass it on to someone else! its very contageous!

if you were to make oral sexual contact eg: oral sex..you could easily pass it on to the genitals of someone else, which then it is called herpes..