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About oral hsv

I have been dating a girl for a tiny bit over a year now. We both have oral hsv but i know I have oral hsv 1 and we have no clue about her and if it matters we are both in highschool. And now to a brief deppressing bit, last year and a little bit before her mother was strung up on drugs and wasnt providing for her and her sister so she took it upon herself to make money... by getting into a prostitution ring granted were she lived it was legal (even for a highschool student)  but ya. During that she rarerly had actual sex but did preform quite a bit of oral on people but at one point was raped and thats all I am going to say about this part. So like I said she has oral HSV but from those details i have given would you say there is a fair chance that it could be oral hsv 2? I mean she did say that she had it since she was a baby so I don't think that the whole sex work thing matters but no such thing as too safe and she is going to get tested soon but I would still like to ask. I believe the person who monitors here is feelingundone and I would like to say thank you in advanced.
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15249123 tn?1478652475
No. Your hsv1 does not offer any real protection at all. Like i said you can pretty much either rule her out for oral hsv2 as it's rare or get her a blood test and see. Oral hsv2 sheds almost never and isn't very potent. That's why it's not likely spread from the mouth.

The rest im not going to get into because it's kind of ridiculous. Just have her test. She in not going to give you oral hsv2 from kissing.
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15249123 tn?1478652475
You're very welcome. The overwhelming odds are it's hsv1. Oral hsv2 is rare. We are not sure why but hsv2 simply doesn't like the oral cavity. When it does occur it's pretty harmless. Meaning it has few if any outbreaks and sheds very little. I dont know what country you're in but she could have an igg bloodtest to see which strain of hsv she has.
I wish you both the best and im glad she is out of that life style. Again the odds are it's hsv1
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I know its been a few days and you might not respond to this but I have a few quick questions, one is concerns  and three are hypothetical.

So you say oral hsv 2 is really rare? Like if you could give me a percentage as to the chances that she has hsv 2?

Now say she does have oral hsv 2. I read somewhere that the chances of her giving it to me is 1 in 1000 because my hsv 1 antibodies would be effective against another oral infection is that true?

Again say she did give me oral hsv 2.
So autoinocculation is basically restricted to the first outbreak right? but since if i had an outbreak it would be my first hsv 2 outbreak could i autoinocculate it by touching the ob and then my genitals? Or say I'm pulling up my pants and then my penis flops up and touches my lip/ob or something along those lines? Would that autoinocc it?

And finally say she has an outbreak and kisses my hand with a cut on it could she give me whitlow?

Thank you for your time feelingundone
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