What is your chance of herpes? There are tools available to calculate if you are at risk of herpes, but this is the only tool available to calculate your probability of having oral or genital herpes and give you an estimated percent. These tools consider several user inputs and outputs your percent chance of having Herpes based on computer-learning based models trained on data collected from the CDC.
Herpes is a virus. It stays dormant inside your body even when you don't have symptoms. Once you have it, you will have it for life.
There are many different types of herpes but the two most common are Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) and Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2). HSV1 most commonly affects the areas around the mouth and is known as oral herpes. HSV2 most commonly affects the genitals and is known as genital herpes.
Many people that have herpes will never show recognizable symptoms and may go their whole lives without even knowing they have the virus. But even if someone doesn’t have symptoms, they can still give the virus to others.
Herpes, especially HSV1 (oral herpes), is extremely common. According to data collected by the CDC, roughly 48% of the population has oral herpes and 12% has genital herpes.
Since herpes does not go away even when symptoms subside, there is a strong correlation between age and the chance someone has herpes. Additionally, there are correlations between demographics and socioeconomic classifications.
In order to calculate your individual chance of having herpes more accurately, these factors must be considered. This is the only place you can estimate your chance of having herpes based on multiple user inputs.
Here we provide multiple calculators to estimate your probability of having Herpes. Below is a simple calculator that only incorporates basic demographic information.
We have also deployed more advanced machine-learning-based calculators for both HSV1 (oral herpes) and HSV2 (genital herpes) that incorporate additional information such as number of sexual partners, etc.
This is a simple calculator, NOT the advanced calculators!
Your Chance of Oral Herpes is:
Your Chance of Genital Herpes is:
Go to: Advanced Oral Herpes Calculator
Go to: Advanced Genital Herpes Calculator
The resulting percentage is an estimation and NOT a diagnostic output. The result does not confirm or deny whether you have herpes. Consult a medical doctor if you have any questions about herpes.