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Can Type-1 Genital give me genital herpes if I have Type1 oral?
Just wondering...I ahve ha da couple of cold sores in my life which woudl mean I have Type 1, but in 31 years I have had literally one or two cold sores. What I am wondering is, if I sleep with someone with Type 1 herpes on their genitals give me Type 1 genital herpes? Or will teh antibodies in my blood already protect me?
Hi, all those exams have been done and returned w/negative results. hiv, hpv, hsv 2, chlam, gon, syph, etc. along w/the bacterial vaginitis and yeast inf... :( this irritation def. lingers longer than 3-4 days as well, more like 2 weeks. it stops just before i get my cycle and flares up again about a week after my cylce ends.
i understand i am significatnly protected since i've had the antibodies for a decade or so, but would it make any significant difference if he had torn my insides? i was bleeding/spotting lightly for like 2 days after this horrible event.
thanks for responding petal!
i understand i am significatnly protected since i've had the antibodies for a decade or so, but would it make any significant difference if he had torn my insides? i was bleeding/spotting lightly for like 2 days after this horrible event.
thanks for responding petal!
It is very unusual to get a genital infection after already having an established oral infection. Having it orally provides significant protection against getting it genitally.
3-4 days of itchiness could be irritation or possibly a yeast infection. You really should see your medical provider when in the midst of symptoms. That way they can test accordingly, including a swab/culture of any lesions.
3-4 days of itchiness could be irritation or possibly a yeast infection. You really should see your medical provider when in the midst of symptoms. That way they can test accordingly, including a swab/culture of any lesions.
Hi Ophelia23,
i'm trying to find someone on here w/hsv 1 orally and genitally to ask about ur initial outbreak genitally! i've had oral hsv 1 for about 10 years now and am afraid i may have been exposed to it genitally over the past summer, due to the symptoms i've been experiencing and what i've been reading online....
i'm assuming you didnt habve the initial flu-like symptoms? i didnt, but 14 days after the exposure, i had a slight tingling sensation for a day, but then was experiencing an itchy kinda feeling for about 3-4 days after. then nothing for the next 3 months...then for the next 4-5 months, every time after my menstrual period, i would have irritations and prickly like feelings on my outter labia and a raw feeling on the opening of my cervix area for like 2 wks and would go away a week before my menstrual...
does any of this sound familiar to you? i've never seen a lesion. been to dr's and tehy say it looks normal, just a abit red.
have you ever had any discharge? or other symptoms that stood out to help you with your diagnosis?
thanks foryour help and any responses!
thethinker247
i'm trying to find someone on here w/hsv 1 orally and genitally to ask about ur initial outbreak genitally! i've had oral hsv 1 for about 10 years now and am afraid i may have been exposed to it genitally over the past summer, due to the symptoms i've been experiencing and what i've been reading online....
i'm assuming you didnt habve the initial flu-like symptoms? i didnt, but 14 days after the exposure, i had a slight tingling sensation for a day, but then was experiencing an itchy kinda feeling for about 3-4 days after. then nothing for the next 3 months...then for the next 4-5 months, every time after my menstrual period, i would have irritations and prickly like feelings on my outter labia and a raw feeling on the opening of my cervix area for like 2 wks and would go away a week before my menstrual...
does any of this sound familiar to you? i've never seen a lesion. been to dr's and tehy say it looks normal, just a abit red.
have you ever had any discharge? or other symptoms that stood out to help you with your diagnosis?
thanks foryour help and any responses!
thethinker247
I think a more likely possibility for my aquiring genital HSV-1 is that I was exposed to it when my immune system/skin barrier was compromised. I am allergic to latex, which I didn't realize until recently. In the near past, the dermatitis caused by the allergy could have weakened my system and allowed the HSV-1 direct access.
It is somewhat possible that I autoinnoculated myself as a kid. I had my first cold sore very young (seven, maybe?), so I only know it through my mother's report. I haven't had a recognizable cold sore since then, which is sort of odd... I was diagnosed with HSV-1 genital this February, some thirteen years after the cold sore. It was my first recognizable outbreak.
It's a medical mystery, really. But kingblah, don't worry too much about getting genital HSV-1, we know with assurance that HSV-1 loses a lot of its punch when it resides in the genital area. However, definitely use condoms - it's just better safe than sorry.
It's a medical mystery, really. But kingblah, don't worry too much about getting genital HSV-1, we know with assurance that HSV-1 loses a lot of its punch when it resides in the genital area. However, definitely use condoms - it's just better safe than sorry.
Is it possible you autoinnoculated yourself at the time you were infected orally? In such a situation, your body would not have had time to build up HSV-1 antibodies, so you would be as vulnerable to genital infection as someone who doesn't have HSV-1.
Given that you acquired HSV-1 as a child, I suppose this is a long shot. You probably didn't touch your cold sore and then touch your genitals in the type of fashion required to transmit the virus.
Given that you acquired HSV-1 as a child, I suppose this is a long shot. You probably didn't touch your cold sore and then touch your genitals in the type of fashion required to transmit the virus.
It's rather rare for someone with Type-1 genital to pass it on to someone else's genitals. The virus is established outside of its area of preference (the mouth), so the shedding and outbreak rates are much lower.
Some doctors say that the antibodies in your blood would protect you from further HSV-1 infection, but I am not so sure. I had cold sores as a child, and I was also diagnosed with HSV-1 genital.
In any case, HSV-1 gen. is difficult to pass on, so don't worry too much.
Some doctors say that the antibodies in your blood would protect you from further HSV-1 infection, but I am not so sure. I had cold sores as a child, and I was also diagnosed with HSV-1 genital.
In any case, HSV-1 gen. is difficult to pass on, so don't worry too much.
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