hsv2

[wow97]

how can i still have sex with my boyfriend without giving him hsv2

[petal130]

You can use condoms and consider suppressive therapy. There's always a risk, albeit minimal, in transmitting HSV2 to another person. He should be tested as well if he's never been tested before (and no, one doesn't have to have symptoms to have genital herpes).

Here are odds based on female to male transmission of genital herpes.

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.