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Herpes
Hi. About ten days ago I touched my boyfriend's penis. A few hours later I felt a cold sore, well actually I think it might have just been skin irritation, but I'm pretty sure it was a cold sore. I get oral cold sores about twice a year. I am afraid that i may have touched my mouth at some point before I touched his penis. Is there any way he could get herpes on his genitals from this? Its been about ten days and hes fine. What do you think?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
You came to the forum for reassurance. You received it, both from me and Grace, a top-of-the-line herpes expert herself. Accept it and move on. Stop trying to convince me, and yourself, that you were at risk. You were not. If HSV could be transmitted as you say, everybody in the world would be infected. Stop searching the web for bad news, or at least use your brain in interpreting what you read.
This thread is over.
This thread is over.
Its not that I just touched my boyfriends penis. It's that I thought I had a sore and may have touhched it before I touched his penis. But the sore appeared fter I thouched his penis.
i also touched my boyfriends willy once. do i have herpes?
Would you PLEASE listen to and accept the professional advice offered here!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Stop it. I understood everything. This thread is over and will disappear entirely if you keep it up.
Because you said that it was possible, but not likely and he has had no symptoms for almost 8 weeks now.
Okay I promise last question. You know i am atalkig about my first encounter the one about my boyfreiend right?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
How can it be said more strongly than it already has? Did you read the other responses? You were not at risk of herpes at all. You can be sure you don't have it. Just drop it. Any further anxiety-provoked questions and I will delete the entire thread.
Im sorry for all the trouble. but my first post in this thread. Do you think if there has been no sympotms for 7 weeks that there is no virus. Please let me know. You said it wasnt going to happen and i think you were right.
I know that it is redundant, but how sure are you about this, because I was reading on line that droplets in the air can pass on the virus, is this true?
herpes is transmitted thru direct skin on skin contact. no direct skin on skin contact, no worries.
grace
grace
Can you transmit cold sores through breathing on or touching food and then another perosn eeating it?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Let's see now. It's cold/flu season. Your boyfriend has classical cold/flu symptoms. Even outside cold/flu season, such respiratory viruses proably are 1,000 times more common causes of such symptoms as herpes. You mention no oral or genital sores.
The answer is no.
This is my last reply on this thread.
The answer is no.
This is my last reply on this thread.
Okay I know I'm annoying, but now my boyfriend has what looks like to be the flu a fever chest congestion, cough and muscle aches, could this have anything to do with herpes?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Usually 3-7 days, sometimes up to 3 weeks. It isn't going to happen. Just let it go.
I know, but I am a worry wart.. about when do people begin seeing symptoms if then have contracted it?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hand-to-genital contact rarely if ever transmits herpes. Don't worry about it. Just don't perform oral sex on him when you're having a cold sore; otherwise it's not an issue. (Even then, it may not be. He might already have HSV-1, since half the population has it from childhood, even if they don't have cold sores. If so, he is immune to catching it again.)
All is well, no worries. Take care-- HHH, MD
All is well, no worries. Take care-- HHH, MD
You are reading content posted in the STDs Forum
Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
