how do i protect my partner

how do i protect my partner from getting the herpes virus

[gracefromHHP]

have you ever read the free herpes handbook?

what gender are you and what gender is your partner?

do you have hsv1 or hsv2?  has your partner been tested yet?

grace

[indianabeauty]

im a female my partner is  a male i was tested on wed of this past week and find out the results tomoro my current partner and i have not had any sexual relations but from what ive learned from a friend who has hsv2 im 95% sure i have it my doc perscribed acyclovir (spelling??) but my mom (who works for a dr.) gave me valtrex which seems to have almost cleared everything up.. thanks for ur time in replying

[gracefromHHP]

well your partner will also need tested to see what their status is too. You can't make educated decisions about what precautions to take together until you know who has what. also make sure you have both covered the other std's too with testing as well as discuss condom use and birth control too.

if you did nothing but avoid sex anytime you had anything going on genitally, your partner would be 96% likely each year NOT to contract hsv2 from you. If you take daily suppressive therapy and use condoms properly in addition to that, your partner is 99% likely each year not to contract hsv2 from you.

what testing did you have done - lesion culture or blood test?

[indianabeauty]

i had a lesion culture done and it came back positive for hsv2 i found out this morning

[gracefromHHP]

at least you have results now and can deal with this even if it isn't the best news ever.

have you had a chance to read the handbook yet?

[indianabeauty]

is it the little red booklet they hand out?? if so then yes. i cant believe how amazing my partner has been thru all of this im a freshman in college and hes not even 21yet. im just very lucky. i thought hed leave me or treat me different but he treats me exactly the same which is good im sure quite a bit of people werent as lucky

[gracefromHHP]

I have no idea what your clinic hands out dear. www.westoverheights.com is the free handbook on herpes I am referring to. we talk about it in our read before posting post on the forum.

your partner will also need tested to know his status. make sure you are both covering all std's properly.