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Herpes can infect oral sex fans through the nose and affect the brain
The University of Chicago 's Professor Deepak Shukla, who led the research, told DailyMail.com this mode of transmission could occur in the bedroom.
"The most common way it's transmitted from a carrier to someone without herpes is by touching an active sore.
For someone with oral herpes, occasionally causing blisters around the lips, this means making contact with that person's cold sore or saliva - when their body is actively producing or 'shedding' the virus.
However, there are cases of HSV-1 causing genital herpes, meaning that an infected carrier passed on the virus during oral sex.
Essentially, someone could inhale infectious particles when their face is pressed up against skin or sores shedding HSV-1.
For the first time, in the journal mBio, Professor Shukla revealed that there's a key enzyme in the human body that could make these herpes infections entering through the nose particularly devastating for brain health.
The enzyme is called heparanase (HPSE) and experiments revealed that it might be a hidden puppet master, amplifying inflammation and driving the long-term brain damage after HSV-1 sneaks into the brain through the nose.
HPSE is a normal enzyme in humans and other mammals, which breaks down sugar-like molecules that are part of the supportive structures of our cells.
HPSE usually acts like a cleanup crew, clearing out damaged cells so the body can regenerate injured tissues.
However, when someone becomes infected with HSV-1, the herpes virus hijacks this enzyme and causes it to produce too much inflammation.
For most of the world's population that carries HSV-1 with only the occasional cold sore, there really isn't much to worry about.
When this infection somehow reaches the brain, however, HSV-1 can cause encephalitis, a dangerous brain inflammation, or linger quietly, possibly contributing to conditions like Alzheimer's disease later in life.
Overall, cases of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), where HSV-1 infects the brain, causing inflammation, are still rare.
In fact, HSE occurs in about two to four cases for every million people with the virus. However, Dr. Shukla told DailyMail.com that he believes the number of unreported nasal herpes cases is much higher."
Oh look, another thing from the medical industrial complex I'm not going to pay any attention to.
LOL....I wonder how much USAID money went to conducting this study… I mean getting blowjobs, in the name of science of course.
Well, they've always said it causes men to lose their minds.
Now what did I do with that keyboard mouse....Oh, it's under my hand.....Darn BJs.
