Not Sure If I Even Have Anything 2

[danny316]

Sorry my question more clear,  I had protected m to f vaginal intercourse and then she performed unprotected oral on me, I never performed oral on her.   3 weeks later she claims I gave her herpes, she didn’t say HSV 1 or 2, which later I found out she was diagnosed to have HSV 1, by culture on her vagina.  I went to get tested 6 weeks after  the incident, but ONLY for HSV2, because I thought she meant HSV 2.  The test was igg herpes select, I tested negative at less than .9, I waited for the 3 month window period and had the full test for stds, all came back negative except HSV 1 which was over 5, HSV 2 was again under .9, My research says  just having genital to genital sex with her, the chance that I gave it to her, or she gave it to me is slim.  Which leaves me to believe I’ve always had the HSV1, because I never had any symptoms, oral or genital, never a cold sore or any type of sore on my genitals, and I was very aware months after the incident, and no real symptoms.  The only possible symptoms were roughly 4 weeks after the encounter I had a small abrasion on my penis shaft which did not hurt, itch, or give me any other problems and healed in less than a week, roughly 12 weeks later, after examining my penis every day since then, I noticed 2 tiny abrasions on the other side of the shaft, same thing as first abrasion, no pain, itch, and was on the other side of penis.  But what I did, come across was much discharge 2.5 months after the incident and spots of dry skin.  The Discharge was clear, didn't hurt when I pee, and didn't have an odor, and came up when I got aroused by my gf, which sounds normal, but was much more than I ever had before.  So my questions are 1) Do those abrasions sound like GHSV1, they were my only symptoms 2) At this point can I go back to having sex and consider my HSV1 to be oral, and not worry about infecting my part  4) Does the dry  skin and discharge sound like any other STD, even though tested negative for all?

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

HSV 1 genitally doesn't necessarily appear close to the same site, no, so I can't help relieve your worry with that question.  If you get any more abrasions, you should get them swab tested.  That's the only option right now, I think.

Terri

[danny316]

Thank You very much you, you pinpointed the different scenarios very well, in other posts, they say that genital to genital transmission  is very uncommon for hsv1, but not impossible,  which I understand, I didnt perform oral on her, which would be the most likely path of transmission,  I know this girl has many partners, and I think she could have had someone perform oral on her a few days after our encounter and possible get it that way, and as far as my abrasions, they didn't appear in the same place, they were on complete opposite sides of the shaft,  and they were the only symptoms, no other symptoms were with it,  my question narrows down to the abrasions, doesnt ghsv1 typically appear close to the same locations, and i was very cautious of other symptoms, wouldn't I get some other sort of sign? Thank you very much

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

Again, we need to know if this was her first infection to determine that you gave her genital HSV 1 infection.  If she can't show that this was her first infection, then you could have oral HSV 1 and just don't have symptoms.  If she can, by showing a negative antibody test for HSV 1 combined with a positive swab test, then you have HSV 1 genitally.  The abrasions that you described could definitely be genital HSV 1 infection.  The discharge may not have anything to do with herpes.  If she cannot show that this was her first infection by the means that I described, she could have also infected you.  

Terri

Terri