Possible Herpes prevention??

[Stayhealthy88]

Thank you in advance for answering my question here. I  want to know what the likelihood is of me getting genital herpes from my boyfriend over time.  Do I have to have protected sex for the rest of my life, even if we get married?  
Thank you.

[Stayhealthy88]

Thank you . Have a nice day!

Stayhealthy88

[auntiejessi]

If he doesn't have oral herpes, then you receiving oral sex is not a risk.

Herpes is site specific, meaning you are only infectious from the site you are infected.

Its also pretty safe for you to perform oral on him.  Oral hsv2 is considered rare.

AJ

[Stayhealthy88]

Thank you for the answer.In our case ,  is it safe for me to receive  receive oral sex from him? He doest have cold sores.

thanks  

[auntiejessi]

Hi there -

The chances of you getting hsv2 from him if all you do is avoid sex during an outbreak, are about 8-10% per year.  If he takes daily suppressive therapy, such as daily valtrex or acyclovir, it cuts it down to about 4-5%.

Condoms only bring it down to about 2-3%, which isn't a statistical significance.

The only danger with pregnancy (if you were wondering) is if you were to be infected druing your third trimester, or if you had an outbreak at delivery, and you would have a c-section done if that were the case.

AJ

[Stayhealthy88]

He has Genital herpes , hsv2 , with outbreaks now.