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How long between exposure and outbreak?
I have recently found out that I have an outbreak of herpes 1 on my genetalia.
I have not had any sexual contact with anyone since I left my ex-husband about a year ago next month.
I am trying to understand where I got this, did I get it from him? There was some evidence of him cheating emotionally, but I did not know that it had gone so far as physical contact.
Did I get this from him?
I have not had any sexual contact with anyone since I left my ex-husband about a year ago next month.
I am trying to understand where I got this, did I get it from him? There was some evidence of him cheating emotionally, but I did not know that it had gone so far as physical contact.
Did I get this from him?
I'm guessing you had hsv1 16 years ago and not hsv2. Had you ever had any testing done back then at all?
Hsv1 genitally doesn't reoccur much at all. I know a gal who went 17 years in between recurrences of it. Not having a recurrence for 16 years is far more typical of hsv1 than hsv2 and your cultured confirmed hsv1.
grace
Hsv1 genitally doesn't reoccur much at all. I know a gal who went 17 years in between recurrences of it. Not having a recurrence for 16 years is far more typical of hsv1 than hsv2 and your cultured confirmed hsv1.
grace
the testing was through a lesion culture and they just called back and said it was hsv1.
i was exposed to hsv2 about 16 years ago, had one outbreak and have been asymptomatic ever since.
i was with him for the past 13 years.
i am just confused because some sources say that you can have your first ob years and years after your initial exposure and others say around a year. others say within two months, which is really confusing to me considering if that were the case i'd have had to catch it from a toilet or something because i've only been with myself since then!
i was exposed to hsv2 about 16 years ago, had one outbreak and have been asymptomatic ever since.
i was with him for the past 13 years.
i am just confused because some sources say that you can have your first ob years and years after your initial exposure and others say around a year. others say within two months, which is really confusing to me considering if that were the case i'd have had to catch it from a toilet or something because i've only been with myself since then!
how were you tested? did they do a lesion culture and type it as hsv1?
if you haven't received any oral sex or had any sex in a year, then this isn't a recently acquired infection for you but just your first obvious recurrence of a previous one.
Most adults have hsv1 orally whether they get obvious cold sores to know it or not. He didn't have to have cheated on you to have hsv1 orally and transmit it to your genital area through oral sex. Your initial ob could've easily been misdiagnosed and could've been years and years ago even.
keep asking questions!
grace
if you haven't received any oral sex or had any sex in a year, then this isn't a recently acquired infection for you but just your first obvious recurrence of a previous one.
Most adults have hsv1 orally whether they get obvious cold sores to know it or not. He didn't have to have cheated on you to have hsv1 orally and transmit it to your genital area through oral sex. Your initial ob could've easily been misdiagnosed and could've been years and years ago even.
keep asking questions!
grace
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
