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hsv questions
drs...i cant thank u enough...
roughly about 2 weeks ago i make sex with a massuse..i used the condom that she gave me for the whole time during sex....i did NO oral on her and she did very little on me...but i was wearing the condom...then we had the sex...like i said i was wearing condom the whole time for the vaginal sex...mabye lasted couple min...5 min max....
1. if she had genital herpes..am i at great risk to get it...i have no noticaple symptoms to this time....(13 days or so)
2. i have hsv 1 (many tests to confirm)(but no outbreak for as long as i can remember) but today i feel a tingle in my lip..almost like an hsv 1 outbreak is coming...Is there any conection between oral hsv1 outbreak and the contraction of genatial hsv2? or just coincinence that i could be getting oral hsv1 outbreak?
3. is condom covered hsv2 contraction rare?
4. would having hsv1 make an initial hsv 2 outbreak asymptomatic? like i said..i have had no noticalble symptoms...no fever, no nothing really...and i have been looking at my genetals every day(more like every hour)
5. would a 2 week neg igm test mean i want infected with hsv2 ( i know u hate that test)
thanks drs...herpes has my mind all over the place...and i feel the need of a profesional opinion,,jimjackblack
roughly about 2 weeks ago i make sex with a massuse..i used the condom that she gave me for the whole time during sex....i did NO oral on her and she did very little on me...but i was wearing the condom...then we had the sex...like i said i was wearing condom the whole time for the vaginal sex...mabye lasted couple min...5 min max....
1. if she had genital herpes..am i at great risk to get it...i have no noticaple symptoms to this time....(13 days or so)
2. i have hsv 1 (many tests to confirm)(but no outbreak for as long as i can remember) but today i feel a tingle in my lip..almost like an hsv 1 outbreak is coming...Is there any conection between oral hsv1 outbreak and the contraction of genatial hsv2? or just coincinence that i could be getting oral hsv1 outbreak?
3. is condom covered hsv2 contraction rare?
4. would having hsv1 make an initial hsv 2 outbreak asymptomatic? like i said..i have had no noticalble symptoms...no fever, no nothing really...and i have been looking at my genetals every day(more like every hour)
5. would a 2 week neg igm test mean i want infected with hsv2 ( i know u hate that test)
thanks drs...herpes has my mind all over the place...and i feel the need of a profesional opinion,,jimjackblack
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
1. Itching for a few hours without lesiosn/blisters is not likely to be HSV.
2. No
3. If I were you, I'd forget about HSV
N
2. No
3. If I were you, I'd forget about HSV
N
thank you for all the help that u have provided me with, however i do have one last followup if you will allow me....
last night i started to get a very itchy feeling in my pubic area on the upper left side of my groin.
it was quite itchy for a couple of hours and got me thinking that this could be an outbreak of hsv 2.
the itching in this area is now gone and i have not noticied any blisters.
from time to time during the past 3 weeks i have itching in many different spots in my groin/pubic/scrotal area.
yesterday was 18 days past my sexual experience.
1. is it possible that hsv2 itching can only last a couple of hours, go away, and not produce any visible blisters or sores?
2. does this sound like a mild outbreak? or even in a mild outbreak would you still expect to see blisters?
3. if you were me, knowing what you know about herpes and stds, would u just drop the whole "herpes thing?"
thank you and i wont take any more of your valuable time.
last night i started to get a very itchy feeling in my pubic area on the upper left side of my groin.
it was quite itchy for a couple of hours and got me thinking that this could be an outbreak of hsv 2.
the itching in this area is now gone and i have not noticied any blisters.
from time to time during the past 3 weeks i have itching in many different spots in my groin/pubic/scrotal area.
yesterday was 18 days past my sexual experience.
1. is it possible that hsv2 itching can only last a couple of hours, go away, and not produce any visible blisters or sores?
2. does this sound like a mild outbreak? or even in a mild outbreak would you still expect to see blisters?
3. if you were me, knowing what you know about herpes and stds, would u just drop the whole "herpes thing?"
thank you and i wont take any more of your valuable time.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
1. Correct
2. Nothing that would not be obvious. Urtheral discharge, buring on urination or genital sores
3. No, unlikely in your case. You are looking at it so denail would not be a concern
4. Miniscule EWH
2. Nothing that would not be obvious. Urtheral discharge, buring on urination or genital sores
3. No, unlikely in your case. You are looking at it so denail would not be a concern
4. Miniscule EWH
doc..thanks for your very reassuring comments...
also, i think there may have been some confusion about the condoms usage...
i was wearing a condom for both the oral and for the vaginal sex...
1. i assume that this lowers an allready low overall std risk?
1a. are there any signs or symptoms of other stds that i should be on the look-out for?
2. in reference to your response #4, could an initial hsv2 outbreak be so mild that i might not notice it or that i might mistake it for something else??
lastly,
3. is there any real risk of hiv as a result of this event?
also, i think there may have been some confusion about the condoms usage...
i was wearing a condom for both the oral and for the vaginal sex...
1. i assume that this lowers an allready low overall std risk?
1a. are there any signs or symptoms of other stds that i should be on the look-out for?
2. in reference to your response #4, could an initial hsv2 outbreak be so mild that i might not notice it or that i might mistake it for something else??
lastly,
3. is there any real risk of hiv as a result of this event?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Having been exposed two weeks ago, if you have not seen lesions by now, it is almost certain likely that you did not get herpes from the exposure you describe. Condoms are very effective for prevention of herpes transmission. Not perfect (nothing is) but very, very effective. She could have given you something during the unprotected oral sex she performed on you but that too is unlikely for a number of reasons including that it would be most likely due to HSV-1 which you would not get because you already have it. As for your specific questions:
1. No. The time when herpes sores would appear has passed and as I have said, your risk is low.
2. No connection. Just coincidence.
3. Yes, very rare
4. No. The fact that you have HSV-1 offers you partial immunity to infection (i.e. it makes it less likely that you will get infected) and should you get it, the severity of the infection, in terms of pain and the duration that lesions are present, would be milder.
5. You are correct, the IgM test is a waste of time. If you get an IgM test it would give you no interpretable information and would be likely to be confused by antibodies that you already have to HSV-1.
Hope this helps to clarify things. EWH
1. No. The time when herpes sores would appear has passed and as I have said, your risk is low.
2. No connection. Just coincidence.
3. Yes, very rare
4. No. The fact that you have HSV-1 offers you partial immunity to infection (i.e. it makes it less likely that you will get infected) and should you get it, the severity of the infection, in terms of pain and the duration that lesions are present, would be milder.
5. You are correct, the IgM test is a waste of time. If you get an IgM test it would give you no interpretable information and would be likely to be confused by antibodies that you already have to HSV-1.
Hope this helps to clarify things. EWH
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
