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Can i contract HSV 2 (gential herpes) via oral sex?

by pauluk, Jul 19, 2008 09:47AM
After a silly drunken night I went back to a females house we was intimate but did not have full sexual intercourse.  I performed oral sex on her and there was mutal masturbation and touching of each other in the gential area including self touching.

She is on a course of Aciclovir 200mg.

What is the potenital risk if there is one of me contracting HSV 2?

Thanks you in advance.
Member Comments (13)

by gracefromHHP, Jul 19, 2008 02:17PM
You can get hsv2 orally but it's less likely to happen.

If you are going to continue a relationship with this person you should confirm exactly what dose of acyclovir they are on. If they really are only taking 200mg once a day that isn't enough to reduce your risk.

grace

by pauluk, Jul 19, 2008 04:06PM
she never actually told me she had HSV2 i have assumed this from seeing the acyclovir medication.

I also assume my risk factor is low.

thanks
Paul

by slacker101, Jul 19, 2008 06:12PM
Maybe the container was her piggy bank? haha. You will be fine!! If there were no symptoms and she is on that you won't get it..

by pauluk, Jul 22, 2008 11:52AM
so basically the likelyhood off transmission to my gentials is very low from touching here gentails with my hand then touching my gentials with the same hand.

And the HSV2 to oral is rare and prob not a concern.

thanks

by pauluk, Jul 22, 2008 11:54AM
also i assume that i would visably be able to see blisters or rashing pn the gential area.

by waringblender, Jul 22, 2008 12:34PM
What you need most of all is a spellchecker. Yikes.

by BJL42, Jul 23, 2008 05:20AM
To: HSV 2 Orally
Yes you can get HSV 2 orally. I jave never had genital contact on my anus, but I had someone who put a finger in me and also orally went down on my anus. I ended up with HSV 2 Anal.

by Bamagirl33, Jul 23, 2008 09:48AM
i had oral sex performed on me once, which was over 2 years ago. yesterday i found a red bump on my labia..what are the chances this is herpes or hpv??

by auntiejessi, Jul 23, 2008 01:03PM
Bama - your question has been answered.

Also, hsv2 is rare.  It is NOT at all likely to happen.

Anal herpes is genital herpes.  Herpes infects nerve groups, and genital herpes infects the sacral ganglia, which affects the entire anal and genital region.  If your blood test shows hsv2, and they aren't just telling you its hsv2 because its below the waist, you didn't get that from fingering or oral to anal contact.   You got that from sex - either vaginal or anal sex.

Aj

by qryas, Jul 23, 2008 04:21PM
To: auntiejessi
Is it possible for someone to contract HSV 2 orally from their partners genitals? And then pass it onto another partner orally again?

by auntiejessi, Jul 23, 2008 05:26PM
In theory, its possible.  Its not at all likely, though.  Oral hsv2 is rare, and it doesn't shed very much if you did get it orally.  Its all very rare - rare enough that I wouldn't worry about it happening.

Aj

by Bamagirl33, Jul 23, 2008 09:58PM
so you dont think this bump on me is related to herpes or hpv or any type of std?

by auntiejessi, Jul 23, 2008 10:29PM
Bama -

No I don't, and neither did the folks in the HPV forum.

Its rude to hijack other people's threads, and your question has been answered several times over now.

Aj
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