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HSV-1 Genital Herpes Transmission

by AlexK87, Nov 08, 2009 03:37AM
Hi,

Myself and a woman who I've known for about 3 months recently had sex. I used a condom. She has told me that she has HSV-1 Genitally; she contracted it 3 years ago. She has been having outbreaks very infrequently and had no signs or symptoms of outbreak during sex. She performed oral sex on me, but i did not do so to her and we've kissed plenty for over a month and I have no signs of oral HSV-1. So my questions are:

1) Is it at all possible that she can give me HSV-1 genitally from her giving me oral sex if she's never had a cold sore and is already positive for HSV-1 genitally?

2) I understand that it is difficult to transmit the disease without having an outbreak, but there are periods of asymptomatic shedding; if I used a condom, what is the likelihood that there could be transmission.

3) I've also heard that there is a lower chance of transmitting HSV-1 from Genitals to genitals. Is this so and if so by a significant amount?

THANKS!
Member Comments (1)

by daisy315, Nov 08, 2009 04:51PM
If you already have HSV1 Orally it's unlikely that you would then get it Genitally although not impossible just unlikely, if she has Oral HSV1 it is entirely possible for her to transmit it to your Genitals it is all a matter of what route the virus takes initially,some people have Genital HSV1 as well as having it Orally but not too many I would imagine, if you used a condom during the time of no outbreak your risk of transmission is low, truthfully i don't know the stats on Genital to Genital transmission of HSV1 although I would think there wouldn't be any difference Herpes will transmit if and when the conditions are correct for it to do so and lets face it Oral HSV1 transmits very easily even from a simple friendly kiss ......

Daisy
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