Is it possible to know when I got HSV2?

[withkds3]

Is it possible to know when I got HSV2 or how long I've had it? The doctor says no.. he says it could have been in my system for years or it could have been just a few weeks.  Some of the research I seen says both ways could be years and others say no just a few weeks before your initial outbreak. So which is it? Could I have had this long term and unknowingly been possibly infecting other people?

[feelingundone]

See if he will get tested. Most primary outbreaks happen 3-10 days after exposure. Rarely out to 20 dsys or so

[feelingundone]

For a primary to happen at three weeks.

[withkds3]

How long for a primary usually? I've had unprotected before that with the same person that was just right before I had found out. I guess what im trying to figure out which is probably impossible is if the man im with would have given it to me or did I potentially have this from before and not known. Ive been with this man for 3 months now

[feelingundone]

That's not impossible for a primary but on the rare side.

[withkds3]

?? Not impossible for what

[feelingundone]

Ok, but didn't do a blood test at the same time? Have you had unprotected intercourse just prior to the outbreak?

[withkds3]

No to the blood test and yes to the unprotected sex it was roughly 3 weeks prior

[feelingundone]

If it's an actual primary outbreak then you contractrd it in the last few weeks. This could be confirmed by a negative bloodtest at the time of the outbreak. The blood tests look for antibodies and not the virus. Takes time to build them. Past that there's really no other way to tell.
Tell me about how you were diagnosed.

[withkds3]

The doctor took swabs of the lesions