So my girlfriend of 1 year and 3 months just came clean to me and told me she has herpes. She contracted it around 3 years ago and only had one outbreak. We have been having unprotected sex
for the entire time that we were together because i had no idea that she had the virus. I had small red blotches on my upper thigh around a year ago but when to the doctor and got them tested but it wasn't herpes. Other then that I have had no sign of infection, so I was wondering what the probability of contracting the disease is? Is it possible to have unprotected sex
has HSV2 but not the male (these figures are over a year) the odds of female to male transmission are, if you do nothing other than avoid sex during an outbreak, 4 men out of a 100 will get herpes in a year, or 4%. If you do go on a suppressive therapy then it drops to 2 men out of a 100 in a year, or 2%. And if you use suppressive and a condom the chances are 1 man out of a 100 will get herpes in one year or 1%.
The Valtrex and transmission study stats are based on having sex 2 times/week.