HSV-2 sometimes is transmitted genital to mouth. It is rarely if ever transmitted mouth to genital. Use the search link to find many discussions of the questions you ask. No more comments about it here, though.
If i am reading this correctly it says HSV2 is not transmitted at all by oral sex? is that the way i'm reading it? I recently was told I have HSV2 and am in a long term relationship, my partner does not have it can i safely perform oral sex on her? and can she safely perform oral sex on me? unproctected?
I have nothing to add to my reply above: "See a health care provider if your symptoms persist or you remain concerened. But there really are no STD concerns here."
Doc, please help! I receive the tests back and all were negative. For some reason they didn't test for herpes so I will test for that. I examined my scrotum and my right testicle is swollen to twice the size of my left one. Could they have missed something with the testing? Is it possible that Gonorrhea caused this but I tested too early again? The test was about a week after exposure. Could herpes cause this? I do have a red area on the shaft of my penis but its not scabbing or puss fulled, just red.
Please let me know what you think.
Welcome to the STD forum.
Oral sex is safe sex. Not totally without risk, but far lower than vaginal or anal sex. In addition, no STD causes "full bladder feeling and pain in my testicle area, ...mild soreness on the head of my penis and some pelvic discomfort." However, those are classical symptoms of genitally focused anxiety and I suspect that is the only problem here.
1) A "full battery" of tests is never useful after oral exposures. Most STDs cannot be transmitted at all by oral sex. Chlamydia is never acquired that way, for example. Same for hepatitis, HIV, and HSV-2. Gonorrhea is the only STD for which testing is available that can be acquired by oral exposure. But at least that result was definitely valid after 6 days.
2) There is absolutely zero risk of catching anything through a condom. The indirect exposure you describe is not plausible.
3) No. There is virtually no chance that your symptoms are due to NGU or anything else from these events.
4) If some test ever returns positive, it will not be from these exposures. There is no risk to your regular partner.
Bottom line: See a health care provider if your symptoms persist or you remain concerened. But there really are no STD concerns here.
HHH, MD