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Gf Has HSV1 Oral Need Some Info

long but bare with me, been dating 3 years, my gf has only had one cold sore in march 2010 & we avoided contact soon as tingling for her started until healed, for about six months before that we had lots of sex, no oral, however i would kiss her then sometimes use my spit for lubricant during sex, and we shared the same toothbrush for a few months i never had a cold sore since nor in my life, now fast forward  to may 2011, i received literally 5 seconds of oral, followed by sex, then again on august 2011, those where the only times i received oral, 5 seconds each time, she hasnt had an outbreak since march 2010 and says she had the virus since a kid, so my question is, did i contract genital herpes from these brief oral sessions? or am i most likely HSV1 ORAL & immune given the fact we shared toothbrush and i never had a cold sore still to this day, or any symptoms down south, its been about 5 months since the oral am i safe to say skate free? please help losing sleep over this, we have only had oral twice as i described but she said had no symptoms that she knew of i know theres viral shedding but how high?
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101028 tn?1419603004
everyone in a household should have their own toothbrush, towel, washcloth, razor and body puff - not for herpes specifically but because many very common germs are easily transmitted through sharing them. it's worth $3 to buy the girl her own toothbrush dear :)

Odds are that neither you nor your gf have ever been tested for herpes to know your status.  Sure you know she has hsv1 orally but unless you both get tested, you don't know anything else. You can't make educated decisions about precautions until you both have been tested to know who has what.  Most adults who have hsv1, don't get obvious cold sores to know it so you can't assume you don't already have it just because you can't recall ever having had an obvious cold sore ever.  also most folks who have hsv2, have no idea they have it so both of you getting tested for that also is a good idea.

did you contract hsv1 genitally from the 2 instances of oral sex you received from her? it sure doesn't sound like it.  Hsv1 genitally tends to present with very obvious and painful symptoms and you've had none.  

did you both also cover your std testing bases for all the other std's too?

grace
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you know so much your knowledge is greatly appreciated i thank you for taking your time to answer my questions, really it means alot grace.
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101028 tn?1419603004
you'd have to be receiving oral from her in order to contract hsv1 genitally. It won't travel from your mouth down to your genitals or anything like that.
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one last question, do you think i can ever aquire hsv1 genitally from having unprotected sex with her? if no oral is ever involved again?
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101028 tn?1419603004
really no reason to think you have hsv1 genitally.
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grace, you have great wisdom i thank you , we all have our own brushes now the toothbrush incidents where back in early '10 , and only reason im so concerned is because i hear ppl say some ppl who contract hsv1 genital have no initial outbreaks or symptoms, however wouldn't i have had some symptoms down there given the fact to my knowledge have never been exposed to it or had an infection im aware of? seeing how 5 months has passed would you feel the need to worry? hsv1 oral if i had would not care, just did not know if i should consider i have it genitally because of these incidents with still no initial outbreak. and yes for stds we both have no others that we are aware of , we both had very few partners each was in a committed relationship
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