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hsv 1 & oral sex
quick question.... if I have had a well established hsv1 since I was a younger child.. and I have cold sores on my mouth and my partner kisses me and then performs oral sex on me, can I get it in my genital region?
what did you mean by " per episode 1 out of a thousand chance?" Haha and if I win the lottery I'll share with Ya haha
Well per episode you are talking 1 in many thousands. No one really has an estimate of this due to lack of research into this topic.
could you give me like on percentage scale. what the odds would be out if like one hundred
It is only a theoretical chance, but not impossible. The odds are just too small to worry about.
thank you so much. but I was going back and looking at the conversation me and grace had and I guess I asked her this question. she said it was a defiant no you cannot get it from the way I explains to you.
No I wouldn't be worried at all, there are far more important things to worry about in life than the extremely remote chance that you can be infected genitally with HSV1. It is just all so improbably compared to having a car accident or a major health issue befall you.
Let's also play a little logic out here. If in some extremely rare and freak event you become infected with genital HSV1 despite an oral infection then a few things are true. One is that you would probably never know and have 50% or more chance of never experiencing a genital outbreak. Second, you are only marginally more infectious to a non HSV1 person than you are already now through kissing and oral sex. Hence you are fearing something that is improbable that if it happens will most likely have no impact on you.
Let's also play a little logic out here. If in some extremely rare and freak event you become infected with genital HSV1 despite an oral infection then a few things are true. One is that you would probably never know and have 50% or more chance of never experiencing a genital outbreak. Second, you are only marginally more infectious to a non HSV1 person than you are already now through kissing and oral sex. Hence you are fearing something that is improbable that if it happens will most likely have no impact on you.
This doesn't make a difference, you chances of further infection are extremely low, not impossible but very, very low.
Perhaps best to not kiss during active lesions though for everyone's benefit.
Perhaps best to not kiss during active lesions though for everyone's benefit.
no... I have cold sores on my mouth and my partner kisses me on the mouth... he does not have cold sores but he kissed me on the mouth when I had them and then performed oral sex on me.
Also posted in your longer note.
The answer is overwhelmingly unlikely. This applies to kissing a HSV1 free partner or one with an infection who then goes down on you.
The answer is overwhelmingly unlikely. This applies to kissing a HSV1 free partner or one with an infection who then goes down on you.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
