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transmission of herpes
I was diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago with herpes, although I think I had it for a couple of years before I had my "bad" breakout.
Since then I haven't had any breakouts or they haven't been bad enough for me to notice.
My deceased husband and I had sex regularly and it didn't affect our activities.
I am getting back into the dating arena and I want to know realistic odds that I will transmit this to a new partner if I haven't had any symptoms since my bad breakout 2 1/2 years ago.
I am allergic to latex so condoms will be tricky. Also if I don't appear to be having breakouts how will I know when not to have sex?
While my partner isn't too worried about it I don't want to put him at risk if at all possible.
What can I do to protect him?
Since then I haven't had any breakouts or they haven't been bad enough for me to notice.
My deceased husband and I had sex regularly and it didn't affect our activities.
I am getting back into the dating arena and I want to know realistic odds that I will transmit this to a new partner if I haven't had any symptoms since my bad breakout 2 1/2 years ago.
I am allergic to latex so condoms will be tricky. Also if I don't appear to be having breakouts how will I know when not to have sex?
While my partner isn't too worried about it I don't want to put him at risk if at all possible.
What can I do to protect him?
not a bad idea to make sure that your culture was typed to know for sure if you have hsv1 or hsv2. also it's not a bad idea to seek out a type specific herpes igg blood test to know your full hsv1 and hsv2 status. You and a future partner can't make educated decisions about what precautions to take together until you know who has what.
whether or not you have recurrences and how many of them you do or do not have, has little to do with the risk to a partner actually. You still shed the virus about the same amount whether you have 0 ob's a year or 10 ob's a year ( this applies to hsv2 ). Condoms help to reduce transmission to a partner by about 1/3 on average. They also help to protect you against anything your partner might have, especially hpv since we don't test for that in males or females routinely.
if you have hsv2 and a partner doesn't, if you did nothing but avoid sex anytime you had anything going on genitally, he'd be 96% likely each year NOT to contract hsv2 from you.
whether or not you have recurrences and how many of them you do or do not have, has little to do with the risk to a partner actually. You still shed the virus about the same amount whether you have 0 ob's a year or 10 ob's a year ( this applies to hsv2 ). Condoms help to reduce transmission to a partner by about 1/3 on average. They also help to protect you against anything your partner might have, especially hpv since we don't test for that in males or females routinely.
if you have hsv2 and a partner doesn't, if you did nothing but avoid sex anytime you had anything going on genitally, he'd be 96% likely each year NOT to contract hsv2 from you.
The doctor took a culture late in my breakout. I don't remember that she told me and I didn't ask as I was married and knew that it came from my husband.
She prescribed Valtrex for future breakouts but I haven't used it since it hasn't been needed.
Since I haven't been having breakouts will condoms work to protect him?
What are the odds of him getting it with frequent sex if we don't use condoms?
She prescribed Valtrex for future breakouts but I haven't used it since it hasn't been needed.
Since I haven't been having breakouts will condoms work to protect him?
What are the odds of him getting it with frequent sex if we don't use condoms?
when you were diagnosed, how was it done?
do you have hsv1 or hsv2 genitally?
non-latex condoms are widely available and will help to protect you against all std's as well as help reduce transmission risk to a partner.
grace
do you have hsv1 or hsv2 genitally?
non-latex condoms are widely available and will help to protect you against all std's as well as help reduce transmission risk to a partner.
grace
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