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Oral HSV II
by china1111967, Jul 01, 2008 08:48AM
Approximately 2 weeks ago I received unprotected oral sex from a working girl. I also kissed this girl.
About 4 days later I get a burning and tingling sensation on my lip near the corner of my mouth. No genital symptoms at any time. I immediately commence applying Zovirax. 2 days later (6 days post event) I commence taking Valtrex.
I haven’t previously been bothered to test for HSV-I. I assume that i'm positive due to a number of reasons (I have herpetic scarring on one of my cornea and I get the occasional cold-sore at the entrance to my nasal passage (and most people have it)). I have previously tested negative to HSV-II.
My concern was that the tingling and burning could be HSV-II. I haven’t had any physical signs other than the tingling and burning, except for a small pimple like blister in the corner of my mouth. I’ve had this before though from infected hair follicles and it doesn’t appear to be any different. The tingling and burning continue to this day, which strikes me as quite strange. I guess that there’s probably a degree of psychosomatic origin to these sensations.
I know that the risks of oral transmission of HSV-II are very low. She would need to have "oral" HSV-II and be shedding and I would need to have become infected orally and to then have oral physical symptoms. I also read in one of the posts that oral HSV-II rarely if ever physically manifests. To many “ifs” to be unneccesarily concerned, but enough "ifs" to be inquisitive ...
My questions are:
• If oral HSV-II doesn’t normally recur as I have observed commented in other threads, does it also shed significantly less than oral HSV-I and genital HSV-II?;
• What effect would the Valtrex have had in suppressing seroconversion if in fact the HSV-II virus was transmitted? (I read this is effective somewhere but have been unable to find it again);
Many thanks
About 4 days later I get a burning and tingling sensation on my lip near the corner of my mouth. No genital symptoms at any time. I immediately commence applying Zovirax. 2 days later (6 days post event) I commence taking Valtrex.
I haven’t previously been bothered to test for HSV-I. I assume that i'm positive due to a number of reasons (I have herpetic scarring on one of my cornea and I get the occasional cold-sore at the entrance to my nasal passage (and most people have it)). I have previously tested negative to HSV-II.
My concern was that the tingling and burning could be HSV-II. I haven’t had any physical signs other than the tingling and burning, except for a small pimple like blister in the corner of my mouth. I’ve had this before though from infected hair follicles and it doesn’t appear to be any different. The tingling and burning continue to this day, which strikes me as quite strange. I guess that there’s probably a degree of psychosomatic origin to these sensations.
I know that the risks of oral transmission of HSV-II are very low. She would need to have "oral" HSV-II and be shedding and I would need to have become infected orally and to then have oral physical symptoms. I also read in one of the posts that oral HSV-II rarely if ever physically manifests. To many “ifs” to be unneccesarily concerned, but enough "ifs" to be inquisitive ...
My questions are:
• If oral HSV-II doesn’t normally recur as I have observed commented in other threads, does it also shed significantly less than oral HSV-I and genital HSV-II?;
• What effect would the Valtrex have had in suppressing seroconversion if in fact the HSV-II virus was transmitted? (I read this is effective somewhere but have been unable to find it again);
Many thanks
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