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HSV from oral sex.

by raw77, May 17, 2008 09:20PM
Can genital herpes be passed to partner who gives by felatio or cunilingis?
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by Canuckchick, May 17, 2008 11:25PM
if the person has HSV1 or 2 in their mouth and has an outbreak at the time then, yes, it can be passed that way.

by gracefromHHP, May 18, 2008 01:19AM
There doesn't need to be an active ob present in order to transmit oral herpes infections to the genital area but yes indeed you can transmit oral herpes to the genital area thru oral sex regardless of which type you have orally.

grace

by raw77, May 18, 2008 08:46AM
Can herpes infection also be transmitted from genital to mouth?

by Canuckchick, May 18, 2008 09:54AM
yup.

read here. http://www.herpes.com/Transmission.shtml

there are actually a lot of sites with a lot of info if you look around. You can also consult a Dr at a clinic if you don't want to go to your GP. There's a lot of conflicting info too but I found that pretty much all sites were of the same mind when it came to oral-genital and vice/versa transmission.

Just be careful. If you have a sore then abstain. If you're really unsure and want to take extra precautions there are some rather yummy flavoured condoms out there. You don't have to stop having fun...you just have to be more aware of what you're doing.

by Canuckchick, May 18, 2008 10:16AM
In my 1st post I should've said "especially if a person has an outbreak at the time...". As grace said, it can be passed whether there's an ob or not.

by raw77, May 18, 2008 11:11AM
Thanx for info.Just trying to understand so i can move on with my life.

by gracefromHHP, May 18, 2008 12:13PM
To: Canuckchick
Not sure if the medhelp mods will leave herpes.com up or not since it's not one we usually refer to with good reason. It's not one of the better websites out there and has many errors in it's information which is why we don't include it in our list of websites that we commonly refer folks to. It also isn't updated regularly which sucks too.

grace

by Canuckchick, May 18, 2008 02:00PM
When I was checking on transmission about a year ago it seemed to have the same info as the other sites did. If there's a more up to date site please feel free to delete that one and post the better one.

by latina08, May 18, 2008 02:09PM
Wow...so what your saying is HSV1 (cold sores) can cause HSV2 (genital herpes) from oral or vice versa?

by gracefromHHP, May 18, 2008 05:18PM
hsv1 stays hsv1 regardless of its location. Same with hsv2. They don't change types just because of location.

Yes you can transmit hsv1 from the oral area to the genital area thru oral sex. You also could contract hsv orally from performing oral sex on someone with genital herpes regardless of which type they have genitally though the risk is pretty darn low.

grace

by latina08, May 24, 2008 01:42PM
Interesting stuff. Thanks Grace!
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