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Possible herpes infection

Is it possible to get herpes by tapping your penis on someones lips? I did it a few times while she was giving me a blowjob.
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Its been more than 2 weeks for me, and i havent had any real actual ulcers, but i have had bumps. Ive been told however that herpes does not appear as bumps. Do those bumps have to burst or could they just go away without ever getting pus filled?
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It takes 3-6 months to show positive antibodies in your blood.
Takes a week to get result back from a culture of fluid in a sore, must be cultures within 48 hrs of rupture or can give false negative.
His ulcers appeared at just about two weeks after potiential oral sex exposure.
He started with painful urination, no energy, flu type symptoms than 4 days later bumps appeared. Just this morning he had a lip lesion starting. Bye says all sores painless but that it really hurt to pee for close to ten days.
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I had the painful urination, and a severe headache for a couple of days. I havent gotten any ulcerations, but i have had a red spot and irritation in a few areas on my penis. It tingles and itches.

how long did it take for his ulcers to appear? What were is IgG readings? And how long after infection did you wait to get tested? Ive heard that you dont have to ever get active ulcers to have herpes, and that it can just be a a red spot.
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I recently without a visible HSV1 oral cold sore for the past five months, gave my uninflected boyfriend HSV1 genital and oral.
His IgG blood tests were negative for both type 1&2.
He was able see the doctor within 24hours of having bumps on penis. He had already had an appointment scheduled due to his painful urination, swollen lymph node and flu like symptoms.
He said his ulcers area was painless and he wouldn't know they were there until he saw them.
The nurse practitioner told him it did not appear to be a clinical initial outbreak of herpes. Culture came back positive for HSV.
Cultures can give false negatives when the sore is to old and past its active 48 hour window to get a good swab of the fluids that may be present.
Just letting you know our recent experience and that he has started taking lysine daily, olive leaf for now and provided him a. New Chapstick with lysine in it.
Recommended he clean his toothbrush after every use with rubbing alcohol and that when I have a cold sore I use disposable one and toss it after sore is completely healed for two days.

Yes, it would be possible to get HSV from a "blowjob" less likely from tapping her lips. She could be symptomatic ally shedding virus in her saliva as I was when my HSV naive BF just contracted HSV from me. Still no visible cold sores for me the past 5.5 months.
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I hadnt known at the time, but afterwards i noticed that i had a cut or abrasion on the underside of my penis. Could that have allowed entry? I have a red spot where my i touched my penis to her lips. it showed up recently after a few weeks. The tip of my penis also hurts, and its also itchy sometimes.
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Needs rubbing not taping
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what if she was asymptomatic and shedding?
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Hi, no its not. needs direct rubbing to force the virus into a nerve but the rubbing of the lips from the oral sex could pass the virus but if she did not have any lip sores at the time the risk is close to zero.
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