HSV 1 and oral sex

I am a male and i was diagnosed with HSV1 about two years ago and I had only one initial outbreak before. I am concerned about transmitting HSV1 through oral sex and although there are various website talking about this topic there are still some questions in my mind.

1. If I am receiving oral sex from a woman, can I pass the HSV1 virus to her? One further step if the answer is negative,can i pass on to her if i end up ejaculating in or around her mouth?

2. If I am kissing a girl, with no outbreak, can I pass it on to her?

3. If i am giving oral sex to a woman, can i pass HSV1 to her? I assume if the answer is yes, then she will develop genital herpes, correct? Also, can the virus mutate from HSV1 to HSV2 ? The source of my confusion is that most people say that genital herpes is commonly associated with HSV2.

[petal130]

HSV1 does not ever mutate to HSV2 (or vice versa).

Do you only have HSV1 genitally or orally? If genital herpes, you can pass it 2 ways: genital to genital contact, or genital (yours) to oral contact.

If you have oral HSV1, then you can transmit it by kissing, or by oral sex (you giving).

HSV1 now causes about a third of first time genital herpes outbreaks.

[chico497]

I have oral but not genital hsv1.

[petal130]

Well, let me give you my own story of how I came to have genital HSV-1, then I'll give you some statistics.

After 5 years together with my (oral HSV-1) partner, I acquired genital HSV-1 through oral sex. In those 5 years, he never had an outbreak (not in 20+ years, since his teens). So, it happened when the virus was shedding. But, not bad odds since we had oral sex about 2x a week easily for those 5 years.

Now the tricky part is the shedding of course. A rough guideline for shedding in healthy adults for HSV-1 oral herpes is about 18% of the days evaluated (research quoted on the Westover Heights Clinic website's Herpes Handbook).