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Should I avoid sex if I am HSV2 equivocal??
I just found out I'm HSV1 positive, no outbreaks, level listed at high at 25.50. My test for HSV2 is equivocal. It's been about 5 weeks since my potential exposure. I kissed someone who's long term sexual partner is known to be HSV2 positive. She never told him she was HSV2 positive. I assume my risk for getting HSV2 was high.
Should I abstain from sex until the 12-16 week period has passed and get myself retested?
Am I obligated to reveal my HSV1 status seeing as 60-80% of the general public has it anyway? I wouldn't want to transmit HSV1 to someone else if there was oral sex involved.
Help please!
Should I abstain from sex until the 12-16 week period has passed and get myself retested?
Am I obligated to reveal my HSV1 status seeing as 60-80% of the general public has it anyway? I wouldn't want to transmit HSV1 to someone else if there was oral sex involved.
Help please!
Your equivocal test result is probably falsely so and probably has something to do with cross reactivity due to your hsv1 infection.
I think it is a good policy and ethically imperative for anyone that knows they are infected with either hsv1 or hsv2 to let any and all future sex partners know they are. At least half your future partners will be hsv1 positive and probably won't know it. But, it gives you an opportunity to have an open and honest discussion about sexual history and std status and can build intimacy.
I think it is a good policy and ethically imperative for anyone that knows they are infected with either hsv1 or hsv2 to let any and all future sex partners know they are. At least half your future partners will be hsv1 positive and probably won't know it. But, it gives you an opportunity to have an open and honest discussion about sexual history and std status and can build intimacy.
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You left out that you had unprotected sex with this partner. I am assuming that is what you mean by other unprotected encounters. He is either infected or he is not. He would not simply be just exposed. And based on this new information, I do not stand behind my previous posts. You need to either find out if your partner is infected with hsv2 or you need to wait until week 12 to get a conclusive blood test result.
You can NOT get genital HSV2 from kissing someone. No offense but that is an utterly ridiculous notion. It is a sexually transmitted infection for a reason; sex must occur in order for there to be any risk of transmission. In other words, for there to be a chance of transmission, a penis must penetrate an anus, a mouth or a vagina followed by vigorous rubbing and friction to massage the virus into uninfected skin or mucosa. And even when that happens, transmission does not occur in the vast majority of sexual encounters.
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Thank you for your reply, while you think it is a ridiculous notion and I respect that, I won't take offense because I simply did not know the answer. :) I read that HSV1 and 2 can be passed back and forth between the mouth and other sexual contact so naturally, I'm worried. Besides what I mentioned, I have had other unprotected encounters, so I'm not basing my question strictly on the kissing encounter, I used that as an example because I know he's been exposed to HSV.
Thank you :)
Thank you :)
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