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Not Sure If I Even Have Anythinhg

In December I had protected vaginal intercourse and then unprotected oral with a girl from the bar, 3 weeks later. I tested negative for hsv2 at 6 weeks.  I waited for the 3 month period and had the full test for stds which included HIV, HSV 1, HSV 2, Chlamydia, Gonarhea, Syphilis and Hepatitis, all came back negative except HSV 1.  My research on the internet tells me that just having genital to genital sex with her, the chance that I gave it to her, or she gave it to me is slim, I never performed oral on her, although.  Finding I had HSV 1 was a shock, because I never had any symptoms ever.  Roughly 4 weeks and 12 weeks after the encounter I had a small abrasion on my penis in different spots which did not hurt, itch, or give me any other problems.  This could have been to many things. But what I did, come across was much discharge 2.5 months after the incident and spots of dry skin  So my questions come down to this 1) Could she have contracted it after sex with me and was confused about how she contracted it, other posts say most likely, she would have had symptoms 2-10 days after, which doesn't line up with the day she had sex with me, do you have a statistic?  2) Can I consider never having any ulcers or sores on my genitals (besides those abrasions) that I contracted HSV 1 as a youth, never had cold sores but did have canker sores inside the mouth when I was young, So I would be non genital but oral HSV 1 right? 3) At this point can I go back to having sex and not have to worry about the transmission of herpes through genital-genital sex, just so worried about transmitting it, but don't want to tell my girlfriend that the HSV 1 is on my genitals if  its not.  Im pretty sure she wouldn't care if its only oral?  4) Does the dry  skin and discharge sound like any other STD, btw I tested negative for chlamydia and Gonarhea twice months after the incident, negative for trich and syphilis months after the incident too.  At a loss of what this could be.  
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55646 tn?1263660809
There are several variables here.  
First, do we know if this is her first infection?  That is, was she antibody negative for HSV 1 and swab test positive?  That is the way to determine if it is her first infection.  Without the antibody test as part of that picture, we can't know that this was her first infection.  

If indeed this was her first infection, and you were not the giver of oral sex to her, then this indicates that you have HSV 1 genitally.  You don't describe giving her oral sex, don't know if you left that out or didn't do it.  If you didn't and she can document that this was her first infection, then, by deduction, you have HSV 1 genitally.

Terri

Terri
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If you did not perform oral sex on her it must mean that you have hsv 1 genitally
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Terri,
Sorry,
6 weeks negative for HSV 2, the only test I took, herpes select, less than .9 which means negative,
3 months took same herpes igg test, HSV 1 positive , no number, just over 5, HSV 2 less than .9, which is negative
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Terri,
Here is a recap of events,
Encounter with girl, included vaginal sex and she performed oral on me,
3 weeks later- she contacts me stating I gave her herpes on vagina
6 weeks later-I assume it was hsv2 which she had, so I tested only for hsv2, my herpes select came up negative, no number just  5, igg- positive,  hsv 2 <.90 - negative, she sent me proof of the positive herpes test by culture-HSV 1 for her which occured 3 weeks after our encounter, so I know she contracted it somehow.  

I wish I could have tested for HSV 1 earlier to give me an indication if my HSV1 is oral only and I always had it, thats why im confused, so basically based on my original posts, can I assume I always had HSV 1 Oral?

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55646 tn?1263660809
Let me clarify - you stated that you tested negative for HSV 2 at 6 weeks post-encounter, but you don't mention HSV 1.  Did you test negative for that as well and then positive at 3 months?  Can you give me the index values associated with the test results for HSV 1 both at 6 weeks and 3 months?  How do you know that she has HSV 1?  Was she also tested?  If you could answer these questions for me, that would be very helpful.

Terri
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