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HSV 2 from a single counter of oral sex???
Is a herpes culture always correct? In July 2001 I had my first and only "sexual" experience. Up until this point I was a 17 year old virgin in every aspect of the word. That night a boy that I knew from school performed oral sex on me for a few minutes. I felt uncomfortable in the situation and left. A week later I got what I thought were herpes symptoms and went to the doctor. I believe that he did just a culture test and it came back positive for hsv 2. No blood test was every performed. I was devastated!!! This was almost 10 years ago now and I have never had any other outbreak or symptoms of anything. What are the chances of this culture test being wrong? Lately I have been thinking about this diagnosis a lot and I am ready to get some answers. I have also been reading hundreds of posts and websites that say that acquiring hsv2 from oral sex is extremely rare, especially on the first occasion. Please help, any answers would be greatly appreciated!!!
Stacy
Stacy
did you ever follow up with proper herpes testing after you first posted about this?
First, it would be good to confirm if it is a cold sore indeed. A dermatologist might help you with that.
It's hard to say if such cold sore is related to your genital symptoms. Mainly because it seems like you haven't yet find out if your culture was ever typed for herpes 1 or 2. It would be good to learn about it with the doctor that performed such swab.
When you get your culture results, post them here.
It's hard to say if such cold sore is related to your genital symptoms. Mainly because it seems like you haven't yet find out if your culture was ever typed for herpes 1 or 2. It would be good to learn about it with the doctor that performed such swab.
When you get your culture results, post them here.
I just woke up with a cold sore this morning! I have never had one in my entire life! I would like to know if it is possible that I contracted this oral infection at the same time as my genital infection 10 years ago and just now are experiencing my first outbreak. If not, does this just back up the fact that my genital infection must be caused by type 2? I heard that once you have one strand at one location that you cannot get it at a different location. I am so afraid that this means that I must have 2 genitally in order to have been infected by 1 orally. Any answers would be GREATLY appreciated as I am freaking out over here!!!
Thank you so much Grace. You have really put my mind at ease and I can't thank you enough for that.
no it isn't a big risk for pregnancy or delivery. If you don't have any symptoms at the time of delivery, it's a less than 1% risk of transmitting the virus to the baby.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
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STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
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