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Rates / Risk of oral transmission?
I am male and my partner is female near the same age, in our 40s. I have been HSV2 positive for 10+ years and she has only been positive about 10 months, both
genitally.. We just started dating a few weeks ago. My question is this - what are the transmission risks / rates when engaging in oral sex? I am on daily meds, she isn't. I have never transmitted to anyone orally in my 10+ years. I have heard that HSV2 is not easily transferred from genitals to mouth? Is this correct? It is my understsnding that HSV2 prefers the genital environment. Can anyone provide transmission rates / statistics or medical expertise?
genitally.. We just started dating a few weeks ago. My question is this - what are the transmission risks / rates when engaging in oral sex? I am on daily meds, she isn't. I have never transmitted to anyone orally in my 10+ years. I have heard that HSV2 is not easily transferred from genitals to mouth? Is this correct? It is my understsnding that HSV2 prefers the genital environment. Can anyone provide transmission rates / statistics or medical expertise?
With established genital HSV-2 infections, there is a near zero (if not zero) chance of an oral infection occurring. I do not believe there has been an observed case of this happening. There are no studies possible given the exceptionally low chance.
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