spreading herpes type 1 through oral sex

[tattooedgrl]

I have suffered from cold sores in the past and have always been careful to never kiss or give oral sex to anyone while i am having an outbreak. recently I have learned that the virus can shed even though you are not having an outbreak.

I recently had oral sex with a man, and I am more so worried that 2 days after he went down on me/we made out etc I had a cold sore begin to develop. I am wondering if kissing someone who also has cold sores can trigger one in your own mouth, because I am very worried that if that was the case, then he may have herpes type one as well.

How high are the odds of him transfering to my genitals if he does, or if it may have been transfered my my mouth to his to my genitals.
And if I ahve been exposed is it possible for my body to fight it off anyways? Even though I already ahve type 1?

thank you

[tattooedgrl]

thank you, that is a bit of a releif. To be honest, I am worried most that I may have contracted it. But if you already have hsv 1 orally, its less likely to catch that type genitally? I'm assuming its because youre body knows how to fight it off right?

To be honest I haven't had a cold sore in a long long time, and they never end up being full sores, so I am assuming my body/immune system has gotten used to fighting this type off.

[gracefromHHP]

if he has hsv1 himself then this isn't really much of an issue. He has significant protection from contracting hsv1 genitally if he has it orally already.  Your cold sore showing up 2 days post encounter means it most likely was the oral sex/kissing that triggered your cold sore and it wasn't the virus shedding at the time ( could just be coincidence too in the timing - we'll never know ).  

You kissing someone else with hsv1 doesn't trigger yours either or vice versa.

grace

[tattooedgrl]

He did not have any visible sores on his mouth either.