was 2.5 weeks ago. Two days after that I noticed a few red bumps on my genital region. After a few more days there were about 10 of them and they started to itch/burn. I finally got in to see my doctor 7 days after the first day of symptoms and she performed a swab test that came back positive for HSV-1.
I assume I got it from her from genital-genital contact and she didn't know that she had it. I was prescribed 800 acyclovir twice daily and the sores are all healed now. I haven't told her about any of this yet but I'll be seeing her this weekend where hopefully I can discuss this with her. I have found a lot of info on these boards but I am still confused about a few things. Can I spread HSV-1 genital-oral to future sex
typically hsv1 genitally doesn't shed very often or reoccur very often. Most folks don't get enough "bang for their buck" from suppressive therapy for it.
You could transmit your genital hsv1 to a partner's oral area if they perform oral on you but the risk is still really low since hsv1genitally tends not to shed very often.