frottage with positve partner....then flu symptoms?

[roady192]

Hello.  My recent boyfriend has genital hsv2 and although we have not had intercourse he did lie on me once or twice naked and may have rested his penis on both my abdomen and bum cheeks.  No direct penis to vagina touching though.  I am concerned now because only a week later I developed white spots on my tonsils, sever sore throat, mad fever and chills etc.  Doctor told me I had infected tonsils put me on antibiotics and it went away.  Are these the type of flu-like symptoms you talk about when contracting herpes?  I have HSV1 for ever (cold sores) and was tested neg for HSV2 prior to this encounter.  We have now broken up and I am just concerned about the timing of the flu/tonsil symptoms being so close to light frottage.  I should also mention he did start a very mild outbreak about a week after this encounter also.  I have had no sores or anything happen downstairs, just the infected tosil episode.  He has had his HSV2 for 20years and is well aware of his signs and symptoms with no outbreak at the time of encounter.??  I have read that because I already have HSV1 then I could easily get the flu syptoms without traditional outbreak becasue my antibodies would fight it off better.  Is this this true??  Any need for testing given the flu symptoms and timing??  Thank-you

[catinbarefeet]

I feel as though I've already responded to your post, perhaps from a duplicate posting?

If an antibiotic healed your tonsil infection, it was not related to herpes, which is a viral infection, not a bacterial infection.

Yes, you can get flu symptoms by themselves as prodrome, in reaction to either your HSV-1 activating or a new HSV-2 infection that is mild because of your prior HSV-1 infection. However, I more suspect that your fever, chills and sore throat were connected to your tonsil infection.

[Fleetwood20]

These aren't the flu like symptoms being referred to. Genital symptoms would be down lower in terms of your lymph system producing antibodies and your body responding to the invader in that region. Back pains and general tiredness at also feature.

For you though with HSV1 antibodies, the most common symptoms upon infection are generally not even noticed. Odds are that the tonsillitis is not related at all to herpes.

Following up with testing 16 weeks post last encounter is recommended having had some contact with a positive partner.

[roady192]

Thank-you Life360 for your re-assurance.  If it werent for the timing of the infected tonsils I wouldnt have stressed about it at all....but the timing of it started playing on my mind now that we've broken up (he broke it off, not me, and his herpes was not a major issue for me)

[Life360_Dave]

Hi, just resting his penis really is not a risk as you need some rubbing and grinding to force the virus into the nerve also  flu like symptoms do not include infected tonsils but infected tonsils could mean you do have the real flu. Test if it will make you feel more secure.