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Transfering Herpes Down "There"
by Inkquisitive, Jan 07, 2009 05:40PM
I have had oral HSV-1 for as long as I can remember, three or four yrs old I would say. Sometime during my teens, maybe 16/17, I developed some rashes on my penis. I do not remember what they looked like because I was afraid, it might have just been from masturbating to hard. This Leads me to my first question,
Can you transfer herpes from your mouth to your genitals?
Some articles I have read say that after having herpes for a long time your body will build defenses against it and it will not be able to infect a new area of the body. This is similar to how two oral herpes positive people cannot give each other an oral outbreak when one of them has it.
The "rashes" only happened a few times and never after that small window of a few weeks, which seems to go along with what HSV-1 does on the genitals. I have never had intercourse of any kind (oral or otherwise) so I cannot have HSV-2. I have also had two blood test confirming I have HSV-1 only. The trick is that I really want to know if I have HSV-1 on my genitals and a blood test does not say where the HSV-1 is, just that I have it.
To make things a bit more complex, I have a freckle on my lip that I believe is from one of my outbreaks and I have several that look the same that have developed on my penis. Freckles on my penis does not mean that it is herpes, but it is a similarity to my lip.
The only way that I know to confirm that I do or do not have HSV-1 on my genitals would be to test a sore on my genitals. This is tough because I do not get outbreaks there. Is there any other way?
Any help is greatly Appreciated!
Thank you
Can you transfer herpes from your mouth to your genitals?
Some articles I have read say that after having herpes for a long time your body will build defenses against it and it will not be able to infect a new area of the body. This is similar to how two oral herpes positive people cannot give each other an oral outbreak when one of them has it.
The "rashes" only happened a few times and never after that small window of a few weeks, which seems to go along with what HSV-1 does on the genitals. I have never had intercourse of any kind (oral or otherwise) so I cannot have HSV-2. I have also had two blood test confirming I have HSV-1 only. The trick is that I really want to know if I have HSV-1 on my genitals and a blood test does not say where the HSV-1 is, just that I have it.
To make things a bit more complex, I have a freckle on my lip that I believe is from one of my outbreaks and I have several that look the same that have developed on my penis. Freckles on my penis does not mean that it is herpes, but it is a similarity to my lip.
The only way that I know to confirm that I do or do not have HSV-1 on my genitals would be to test a sore on my genitals. This is tough because I do not get outbreaks there. Is there any other way?
Any help is greatly Appreciated!
Thank you
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