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What are my odds?
I received oral sex from a partner, and she had an open cold sore right above her lip. Now, I know there is a chance that I may now have HSV1. My question is, what are the odds that I contracted it from this encounter? I've never had a history of cold sores, or anything indicative or HSV1 or 2. Now, the sore wasn't open and had been present for three days apparently, as well as being treated with Abreva. I would just like to know my odds. Obviously I will go get myself tested, but this is more to sooth my anxiety over the issue.
the location of the lesion was pretty much irrevelant as was if it was open and weeping or not. The virus is shed from the oral area and also from the area of the cold sore so whether or not the lesion actually touched your penis doesn't matter.
grace
grace
I hate to bring this back up, but upon retrospect, I realizes the sore was on the top of her lip, between the lip and nose, that area. Being that, I really don't believe that the sore had any actual physical contact with my penis. Does this have any effect on my chances of contraction? I am aware of the viral shedding, and all that, but I felt I should ask.
Alrighty, thanks to the both of you for answering my query. I'll just play "The Waiting Game" now.
At this point it's all wait and see to be honest. If you feel the need to do something, you can get a baseline herpes igg blood test to see what your herpes status is. Otherwise wait about 3 weeks and if you haven't noticed any obvious genital symptoms during that time you are probably in the clear. typically hsv1 genital infections are pretty classic since the majority of the time they occur in folks who don't have hsv1 orally to start with so they usually aren't something you'd miss.
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grace
Thanks for the reply, and I suppose the contradiction was just poor choice of words on my part. She had an active sore, but it was not "open". Indeed I plan on getting tested, as soon as I figure out how to go about this type of thing, but my question still stands. Are the odds good? Bad?
I ask only to ease my mind.
I ask only to ease my mind.
Well the chances you were infected are obviously there if she had an active cold sore going on,but your post is a bit contradicting one line says she had an open sore then the next says it wasn't?
Either way you should get tested in view of the fact that the sore was present at all.
Daisy
Either way you should get tested in view of the fact that the sore was present at all.
Daisy
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
