Cold sore and oral sex on scrotum

[scorpiomailin]

Hi there,

May these questions are asked before but hoping if you guys can help with following.

1) what is the likelihood that if a person contracts Herpes for the first time, there will primary infection or symptoms within first 3 weeks after exposure. If anyone can provide some percentage that would be great.

2) if person who has cold sore, only licks the scrotum for couple minutes, what is likelihood she has transferred Herpes virus?

3) if she did transfer the Virus, in the very first (primary) infection, will it start from the scrotum?

4) if cold sore is in the last stages of healing, ie no visible fluid is coming out, how contagious is it? Is the viral load less at that stage?

Thanks S

[scorpiomailin]

Thanks a lot undone for the reply, this whole ordeal is very nerve wrecking, I have asked some doctor and he told me risk is high where as some docs believe the risk is very low....well in any case I can't do much now...

[feelingundone]

1. The odds are very good that if someone has no hsv1 and contracts it genitally there will be a very noticeable primary outbreak. There are far more asymptotic hsv2 infections than hsv1.

2. The scrotum is rarely infected due to hair and extremely thick skin. Saliva isn't a great transport for the virus. Very inefficient. The odds would be very very low for infection from this act.

3. Yes. But in your case I highly doubt infection.

4.when cold sores are healing and scab over they are not contagious or at least not very contagious at all. The virus has already retreated or retreating.