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Having genital herpes can increase the risk of being infected with HIV, People who have genital herpes sores are more likely to be infected with HIV during intercourse. When you develop a sore, your immune system tries to heal it, so there are many immune cells concentrated in that spot. Those are the cells that HIV infects. If HIV in semen, vaginal fluid, or blood comes in contact with a herpes sore, the risk for infection is high. The Compound Effect of Genital Herpes and HIV. HIV and the herpes virus are a troublesome duo. One can worsen the effects of the other. Research shows that when the herpes virus is active, it may cause HIV to make more copies of itself (the process called replication) than it would otherwise. The more HIV replicates, the more of the body's infection-fighting cells it destroys, eventually leading to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). People infected with both HIV and the herpes virus may have longer-lasting, more frequent, and more severe outbreaks

is this saying that if you have herpes that you can get hiv from it as well. Also FOR hiv to happen DO you have to have sores on your sex organs at the time you have intercourse to pick up hiv

HIV is transmitted predominately through open wounds in the genitals during sexual intercourse. Ie, you can get HIV in a few different ways, but, since herpes leaves open wounds on your genitals, you have greatly increased the likelihood of contracting HIV because the skin cannot protect you. You are less likely to contract HIV when you don't have herpes because your skin is not broken and broken skin is important to successful transmission of the disease through the skin. Herpes is also a disease that weakens the immune system because it's constantly fighting the disease, so if you come in contact with HIV, you're significantly less likely to overcome the initial infection. Think about it like a military battle. When the battle is going 24/7, the defending soldiers are tired and can't perform their job as well, so throw in another attacker and the defenders are pretty much giving up the castle.

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