I was in a lesbian relationship

[misinfogrl]

Im really confused, I recently got diagnosed of being a carrier of The herpes 1. Ive never had anu lesions or symptoms, what I do know is ive been in a lesbain relationship who told me from the start of her having hsv 1, during our relationship I never seen lesions or sores ever. I know she took medication .
Ok my question is. 1. could I have got this from her?
2. Is herpes 1 spread from woman to woman..?
if it will help me better to understand. We only had oral sex and it mainly was her on me. I never had oral with her other tham kissing..
im also concerned because now I need to know how to protect future partners if I am a carrier.

[HowardH]

Were you tested previously and negative? If so, you may well have caught it from your partner, probably by kissing but possibly by oral sex. Say more about your partner's HSV1. Did she have a diagnosis of oral or genital herpes, or just a positive blood test?

Half of all adults in the US (more or less in other countries) have positive blood tests for HSV1. Mostly these are from undiagnosed childhood infections in and around the mouth, often with no symptoms. This might explain both your infection and your partner's. Or you might have been infected from your partner, either by kissing or oral sex, depending on the location of her HSV1 infection.

So could you have caught HSV1 from her? Yes, but not necessarily. And test HSV1 can be spread between anyone having oral-oral, genital-oral, or genital-genital contact, regardless of sex or sexual orientation.

I may have more to say if you want to give more information about your and your partner's diagnosis. In the meantime, this really shouldn't be a big deal. Most likely you have a longstanding oral infection since childhood and are unlikely to infect anyone else.

[Fleetwood20]

How have you been diagnosed as having HSV1?

I would suggest thought that it is most likely that you have had HSV1 orally since your youth. As such there was no real chance of further infection between two people who both have HSV1.

There was no real reason why your partner took antivirals (if this is what you mean?) with a HSV1 infection unless her outbreaks were bad and frequent. I assume hers were oral?