Stright to your questions:
1.) Even if I had skin to skin contact with a lesion or outbreak area during sex there is still less than 1% chance of transmission from this single exposure.
Yes, still a less than 1% chance.
2.)Any initial outbreak would appear for me no later than 10 days
Actuallly the published interval is that nearly all new outbreaks will occur within 14 days. Most do appear within 10 days however
3.) Intial outbreaks for men almost always appear in and around the penis, not inner thigh etc.
Correct
4.)An igg test will be about 50% accurate a month after exposure. 100% at three months
At one month the figure is between 70 and 80%. No test detects 100% of infections but those that will be positve will be positve by 6months.
Take care. EWH
5.)CSW herpes rates aren't that much different than the overall female population 25%.Probably no more than 50%.
Thanks Dr. Hook,
Just a couple follow up questions for clarification.
1.) Even if I had skin to skin contact with a lesion or outbreak area during sex there is still less than 1% chance of transmission from this single exposure.
2.)Any initial outbreak would appear for me no later than 10 days.
3.) Intial outbreaks for men almost always appear in and around the penis, not inner thigh etc.
4.)An igg test will be about 50% accurate a month after exposure. 100% at three months
5.)CSW herpes rates aren't that much different than the overall female population 25%.Probably no more than 50%.
Welcome to the Forum. The description of the skin lesions you describe do not sound like herpes and even if they were, the risk for acquisition from direct lesion contact is low, substantially less than 1% and probably closer to 0.1% (1 in a thousand). Herpes is transmitted from person to person through direct contact. If you did not contact the rash there is no meaningful risk for HSV,
You are correct that your main risks from receipt of unprotected sex are gonorrhea and NGU and that this risk is low, If you do not develop symptoms, I would not worry.
I see no need for testing related to these exposures. EWH