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Just Diagnosed with Type 1- lots of questions. please help
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Unfortunately, i started this year with a bit of bad luck to my side. I went in to the health office a week ago with a mark on the side of my shaft. it looked liked a brown piece of skin which eventually turn into a scab. Scared out of my mind, i went in for a std check and hiv testing. A week later, (today 14th) the test results came back as positive for herpes type 1.
A month ago, i had a one night stand with a girl i met around the area. The intercourse was, to the best of my knowledge, the safest sex i can possibly have with someone. She lick my nipples and my neck and i recieved oral sex from her with a condom on. Eventually i had intercourse with her where i wore a new condom. Unfortunately, this was not enough to guarrantee my safety and two weeks later i had symptoms on my shaft.
I have a lot of questions and i hope you can help guide me toward the right directions.
1. Since the results came out positive for herpes type 1, how come there was symptoms on my genital area and not the mouth part?
2. If i have another outbreak in the future, there will be a high chance of outbreaks around the mouth area? Will i experience outbreak on my genital area?
3. A week later the scab went away and i havent seen any symptoms on my genital area so far, how long should i wait before its safe to practice sex again?
4. The docotr prescrib me with some medication, should i be taking this on a daily basis even if there is not signs of outbreak?
5. If i didnt experience any outbreak for more then a year, what are the chances of spreading this infection to my partner if i discountinue the medication and did not use condom??
6. Someimtes i would go an dvisit my family, and there is little small kids around the house. I shouldnt be picking up and holding the kids if i show any signs of outbreak right??
6. Now that i am diagnosed with this infection, what is my next step? what should i do? what are some other places where i can educate myself about this problem.
Thanks fo ryour time and i hope to hear from you soon.
sigh......
Unfortunately, i started this year with a bit of bad luck to my side. I went in to the health office a week ago with a mark on the side of my shaft. it looked liked a brown piece of skin which eventually turn into a scab. Scared out of my mind, i went in for a std check and hiv testing. A week later, (today 14th) the test results came back as positive for herpes type 1.
A month ago, i had a one night stand with a girl i met around the area. The intercourse was, to the best of my knowledge, the safest sex i can possibly have with someone. She lick my nipples and my neck and i recieved oral sex from her with a condom on. Eventually i had intercourse with her where i wore a new condom. Unfortunately, this was not enough to guarrantee my safety and two weeks later i had symptoms on my shaft.
I have a lot of questions and i hope you can help guide me toward the right directions.
1. Since the results came out positive for herpes type 1, how come there was symptoms on my genital area and not the mouth part?
2. If i have another outbreak in the future, there will be a high chance of outbreaks around the mouth area? Will i experience outbreak on my genital area?
3. A week later the scab went away and i havent seen any symptoms on my genital area so far, how long should i wait before its safe to practice sex again?
4. The docotr prescrib me with some medication, should i be taking this on a daily basis even if there is not signs of outbreak?
5. If i didnt experience any outbreak for more then a year, what are the chances of spreading this infection to my partner if i discountinue the medication and did not use condom??
6. Someimtes i would go an dvisit my family, and there is little small kids around the house. I shouldnt be picking up and holding the kids if i show any signs of outbreak right??
6. Now that i am diagnosed with this infection, what is my next step? what should i do? what are some other places where i can educate myself about this problem.
Thanks fo ryour time and i hope to hear from you soon.
sigh......
I agree with slacker. It's more likely than not you already had HSV1 and your skin thing wasn't related to your sex encounter. If you didn't have the lesion cultured, you'll never know, but it's unlikely it's related. Condoms offer lots of protection. Plus you don't mention anything about the person having a cold sore on their lip, and even if she did, you said she used a condom. (I hope it was one of those flavored ones for oral - the taste of latex is really awful.) :(
That was really safe sex. If you have issues with these practices, your best bet is probably to put on a HazMat suit for your next sexual episode.
That was really safe sex. If you have issues with these practices, your best bet is probably to put on a HazMat suit for your next sexual episode.
Hey there I hate to burst your bubble on genital HSV1 infection it is not rare and accounts for almost 50% of the new genital herpes infections. I know personally I am a Victim of genital HSV 1 infection from oral sex from my hubby. So people please be VERY concerned about this type of spreading technique. I thought I was careful for 24 years and I just had my primary outbreak right before the new year 2007. Know the risks and if you know them and still decide to proceed forward, it is a **** shoot. Have a good one!
I highly doubt this was herpes if you had the encounter you said. I only read the first paragraph because the rest of it wouldn't help your case for herpes. A LOT of people have HSV1. You probably had it forever and never knew it. I don't know what you had on your shaft but if the sex was as safe as you say, there is no way you got herpes from that....
The only way you can find out if you have HSV-1 on your genetils, which is pretty rare, is to have the lesion cultured during an outbreak. Blood test don't tell you where the herpes is, just that you have it. Your positive HSV-1 results could just be the cold sore you get on your lip once in a while. If you read my post "I don't get it" you'll see I'm going through the same thing.
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