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Kissing and hsv1
A couple days ago I kissed a girl for about 10 seconds. Maybe 5 more w/ light french kissing.
I asked her previously if she got cold sores and she told me no. Afterwards she told me she used to get them, haven't had one in months, and has had them since she was a little girl. She did not appear to have an outbreak at the time.
What are the chances of me getting hsv1? I know ppl say most of the population has it, but it's still not something I want. I'm growing increasingly paranoid.
I asked her previously if she got cold sores and she told me no. Afterwards she told me she used to get them, haven't had one in months, and has had them since she was a little girl. She did not appear to have an outbreak at the time.
What are the chances of me getting hsv1? I know ppl say most of the population has it, but it's still not something I want. I'm growing increasingly paranoid.
According to a 2008 study, oral HSV sheds about 12% of days, or about 44 days a year. In addition, according to Terri Warren, up to 90% of HSV+ people are unaware they have the virus due to a lack of symptoms.
Finally, we can be shedding at any time without symptoms - a phenomenon called "asymptomatic shedding," and therefore contagious at any time. Because of this, statistics and rates are meaningless. Contact could be made during any one of the 44 days of the year that oral HSV is present on the lips of a carrier of HSV-1.
However, I don't recommend stressing until there's something to stress about. In 16 weeks, go and get a type-specific blood test for HSV to see whether any antibodies have generated enough to trigger a positive result. Until then, I would not worry. As you know, about 65% of the population has HSV-1.
Finally, we can be shedding at any time without symptoms - a phenomenon called "asymptomatic shedding," and therefore contagious at any time. Because of this, statistics and rates are meaningless. Contact could be made during any one of the 44 days of the year that oral HSV is present on the lips of a carrier of HSV-1.
However, I don't recommend stressing until there's something to stress about. In 16 weeks, go and get a type-specific blood test for HSV to see whether any antibodies have generated enough to trigger a positive result. Until then, I would not worry. As you know, about 65% of the population has HSV-1.
Hi, with no lip sore present, very low risk for contacting oral herpes as shedding doesnot occur that often.
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