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vaginal and anal herpes

vaginal and anal herpes

Hi, I have herpes HSV2 and i am in an exclusive relationship with my girlfriend. We have unprotected vaginal intercourse currently. My question is that since we obviously both have the herpes virus from vaginal intercourse, do we both have anal herpes? We have talked about having anal sex and I wouldn't want to do it unless the virus is already there.  I don't want her to have blisters and sores around her anus. So, I am just curious if it would be ok to have unprotected or protected anal sex or would she contract the virus around her anus? If it doesn't matter because we both have HSV2 from vaginal intercourse then we will have anal sex, we are just worried that it will "infect" that area as well if not already infected. So since she already has HSV2 then does the mean it automatically is present in her anus without having anal sex?

Thank you
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the virus infects the same set of nerves that controls it all. no risk from having anal sex if you both already have hsv2.  

keep asking questions!

grace
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