Wondering...

Discontinued seeing a woman over a month ago that I had unprotected sex with. She had told me of her genital herpes diagnosis and that she took daily medication to suppress symptoms.  I've had no signs whatsoever of having contracted herpes but wonder if I should be tested.

Thanks for your advice

[Verysaddude]

Yes. Get tested.

[petal130]

I don't know from your post how long you were having sex with her, but here are the odds based on a year. Using a suppressive drug lowers the odds to about 2% annually, so your risk is low. Still, getting test will let you be able to go into another relationship knowing your herpes status:

FEMALE TO MALE RATE OF TRANSMISSION (HSV2 ONLY STATS IS NOT APPLICABLE FOR HSV1)

If you have 100 couples where the female 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.

[Whatchathink]

Thanks... this was helpful information!  Hopefully I'll not be one of the 2%!  I know I made a foolish choice.

[petal130]

Look at the glass half full - there's a 98% chance you didn't get it! That's some good odds!  :-)