I wouldn't have sex with symptoms, and I'd tell my partner about it. I'd have told him the first time I noticed symptoms, though.
If you are sexually intimate, you should be emotionally intimate enough to share these things, and this could also affect her.
Aj
thanx 4 de concern, always betta 2 ask 4 more opinions, what would u do?
This was answered earlier today by one of our experts. I'm not sure why you are asking again here, but yes, its contagious, and while you might not have gotten it from direct sexual contact, you can pass it on that way.
While you have any genital symptoms, you shouldn't have sex. I'm not sure why you are embarrassed to talk to her about this common skin disorder, but it would be best if you did.
I don't know how long the pills take to work. Have you googled this?
Aj