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HSV2 risk

I'm seeing a man that is HSV2 positive.   We have not been having sex but about a week ago we got caught up in the moment and I let him insert his fingers inside me.  I don't know if he had any cuts on his fingers, he is a welder though.   I also manually stimulated his penis but there was no ejaculation that occurred although there was some pre-ejacuate present.  I did use a anti-bacterial wipe on my hands after we were done.  
He also stimulated my clit with his tongue but this was brief.  However I am concerned as he had had a tooth pulled a few days earlier and his mouth was still healing.  About 2 days after the encounter I started feeling like I was getting a yeast infection so this concerns me although I see no lesions of any kind on the outside if the vagina.  However, I believe women can have herpes sores inside their vagina and not necessarily know.  I just want to know if what we did poses any great risk to me and should I be tested in a couple months to put my mind at ease?  Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
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Thank you very much for your input.  It's very much appreciated.
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A HSV2 infection will usually be isolated to the genital region. As such, there is no virus present on fingers or the oral region. Hence his attentions to you were most probably zero risk.

The virus if present will be on the skin and not so much in semen. It would be most unlikely that there would be enough virus (with no sores) to infect hands. This is a very difficult thing for HSV2 to do.

There isn't much point in being tested if the relationship is to continue. The best protection is afforded to you through taking antivirals continuously (and religiously) and condom use. These reduce the chance of infection, but it will always be present.
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