Confusing Info Regarding Transmission

[TheOptomist]

I have read that a person who is infected with HSV can transmit the disease via bodily fluids as well as through viral shedding and obviously, skin to skin with OB.

My question is, can you actually acquire herpes if your female partner's vaginal fluids come in contact with your scrotum during intercourse? I read where Grace mentioned it takes some heat and friction for the disease to actually enter the body. Does this mean that her fluids would have to be for lack of a better description, almost rubbed into your scrotum or thigh area, as opposed to just possibly running down on them?

I'm sorry if this seems like a strange question, it's just that my girlfriend is both HSV1 & 2 positive and I'm trying to understand how I can still have sex with her while protecting myself. I have been tested and am negative for both strains.

I read the herpes handbook on WestOverHeights.com and want to think this is a great resource.

[waringblender]

If you read this forum and that westover heights site, why are you still wondering if you can have sex with her and protect yourself? Both sites explain how you can do that.

Your girlfriend can take daily medication to protect you. You can also use condoms. The 2 of you only need to avoid sex if she has genital symptoms. If all you do is avoid sex during symptoms, your chance of contracting it is 5% over the course of a year. That's without using condoms, and without her taking medication.

Using condoms knocks that risk down to about 2-3% a year, and could be even lower than that. If she takes medication, knock that risk down by another 50%.

So those are the risks. By definition, that obviously means you will be in contact with her vaginal fluids.

Did you know you have a typo in your screen name?

[gracefromHHP]

correct - just her fluids on you isn't the risk - it's the actual sex act itself that is the issue.

grace