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Am i safe?

Hi, thank you soo much for reading this, my boyfriend and i had sex and he is postive for HSV-1 gential and we had sex twice both times with no condom and the last time he had an outbreak while we had sex

i was wondering what are my chances of getting this? its been almost 2months ive shown no symptoms of anything, no blisters no nothing, im just really worried, is there any chance im clean?

and once your exposed don't you at least have a inital outbreak of some kind within 2weeks?
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1178440 tn?1296096198
Hello,

First off I want you to take a deep breath and relax.  HSV-1 is easier in some since to pass to one another than HSV-2.  Unlike HSV-1, in order to become infected with the virus, the infected partner normally will have to have active vesicles or ulcers.  The fluid inside the vesicles has to come in contact with the uninfected partners skin or region.  HSV-1 can be passed just by a simple skin to skin contact or any physical contact with or without visible sores.  Normally speaking, you will develope symptoms after infection 2 to 20 days, but in some rare cases symptoms can develop months after or never appear at all.  In your case if it has been 2 months, theres a great chance you never became infected.  There is only one way to be positive and that is having a STD or STI screening done.  I hope this helps.  -Best of luck-
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101028 tn?1419603004
Your partner has hsv1. Have you ever had a herpes igg blood test to know your own status?  can you recall ever having had cold sores?

it's best to avoid sex when your partner has anything going on in the genital area.

grace
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Hey kido, its a shot in dark if you have gotten it or not.  It can be incubated in your body for up to 2 years before exposing itself.   I have had herpes for about 5 years now and have had about 7 or 8 outbreaks in that time.  What I am trying to say is that it is a livable condition.  It doesnt kill ya or turn your privets into an inferno all the time.  Think of it as a good thing because now I am sure that you will be much much more carful about who you get intimate with and hopfully bypass somthing a little more seriouse.  

by the way, i know more people with herpes than not
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