Doctor Rockof,
I have a type I oral herpes (diagnosed 10 years ago,blisters shows up at least 1/year). I never infected my girlfriend: we have been dating for 8 years. She had blood tests confirming she has never been exposed to herpes 3 weeks ago.
I have had non-protected sexual relations with another girl for more than a year now. A month ago, she announced me that she had genital herpes breakout that her doctor confirmed with a culture (positive), and blood test showing she has been recently infected (high IgM, no IgG)
As she did not have sex with anyone else than me over the past 3 years, her doctor concluded that I might have infected her (oral-genital contacts). I had an oral breakout 15 days before her genital breakout, and I performed oral sex on her at this period (when my blisters were almost gone)
At the time she informed me of this genital breakout, I had no genital symptoms . I saw my doctor who did not see anything abnormal, did 2 cultures at 4 days interval that were negative (he un-specifically swabbed my genital area), and did a blood test (showed I have type I herpes-not surprising as I have oral breakouts)
He advised to use condoms in the future with my