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Question about Genital Herpes acquistion

Anon_64814 posted:

I have had oral herpes (cold sores) since I was a teenager or early 20's. I am married and we both were virgins when we got married and have stayed monogamous for 15 years so far. When we first got intimate we had oral sex (both of us did each other). So, this was 15 years or more ago and we only did it a few times in the beginning then we just had regular sex no oral (mutual agreement). So, I just got this genital outbreak two weeks ago. My husband has never had any genital or oral Herpes sores. So, did he get HSV I from me all those years ago and not have an outbreak and then give it to me now genitally? I mean I know you can get HSV I by oral and genital sex but why did it just break out now? Could it really have stayed in the nerve in the genital area that long without an outbreak? My doctor did a visual but no testing. She said it was herpes but thought we gave it to each other at some point. I am still going to get a blood test for HSV I and II IgG in a couple of months. I just feel confused why I got this so many years later.

4 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Question about Genital Herpes acquistionI have had oral herpes (cold sores) since I was a teenager or early 20's. I am married and we both were virgins when we got married and have stayed monogamous for 15 years so far. When we first got intimate we had oral sex (both of us did each other). So, this was 15 years or more ago and we only did it a few times in the beginning then we just had regular sex no oral (mutual agreement). So, I just got this genital outbreak two weeks ago. My husband has never had any genital or oral Herpes sores. So, did he get HSV I from me all those years ago and not have an outbreak and then give it to me now genitally? I mean I know you can get HSV I by oral and genital sex but why did it just break out now? Could it really have stayed in the nerve in the genital area that long without an outbreak? My doctor did a visual but no testing. She said it was herpes but thought we gave it to each other at some point. I am still going to get a blood test for HSV I and II IgG in a couple of months. I just feel confused why I got this so many years later.

georgiagail responded:

From your description, it would appear that you passed the virus to your husband (assuming HE wasn't infected with the very common HSV1 virus), he passed it on to you genitally through the oral sex.

Folks can carry this virus for years and never have an outbreak.

Gail

Report This| Share this:Question about Genital Herpes acquistionFrom your description, it would appear that you passed the virus to your husband (assuming HE wasn't infected with the very common HSV1 virus), he passed it on to you genitally through the oral sex. Folks can carry this virus for years and never have an outbreak. Gail

marieh9 replied to georgiagail's response:

Thanks Gail,
It seems like a very long time (amazing) I guess the lab results will tell the tale. How long should I wait before getting an IgG test for HSVI and II? I am getting my blood drawn at 3 weeks (next week) after the outbreak but will probably get retested unless it comes up with something else.
Anon_64814

Report This| Share this:Question about Genital Herpes acquistionThanks Gail, It seems like a very long time (amazing) I guess the lab results will tell the tale. How long should I wait before getting an IgG test for HSVI and II? I am getting my blood drawn at 3 weeks (next week) after the outbreak but will probably get retested unless it comes up with something else. Anon_64814

Anon_64814 replied to georgiagail's response:

Gail, see question below . Also, If it is type I and he shedding and since his never shows up will I keep getting outbreaks or give it back to him and then it will come back to me and so forth. I did read you only break out a couple of times with HSV I and don't keep getting recurrances with type I unlike with type two. So, if you don't normally get a lot of recurrances with Type I the shedding is irrelevant? I mean will it just break out when it breaks out and the number of times we shed won't make that much of a difference or will it?
thanks,
Anon

Report This| Share this:Question about Genital Herpes acquistionGail, see question below . Also, If it is type I and he shedding and since his never shows up will I keep getting outbreaks or give it back to him and then it will come back to me and so forth. I did read you only break out a couple of times with HSV I and don't keep getting recurrances with type I unlike with type two. So, if you don't normally get a lot of recurrances with Type I the shedding is irrelevant? I mean will it just break out when it breaks out and the number of times we shed won't make that much of a difference or will it? thanks, Anon

Anon_64814 replied to marieh9's response:

Thanks Gail,
Can I get my last post deleted? I want to be anonymous and didn't it that button.
It seems like a very long time (amazing) I guess the lab results will tell the tale. How long should I wait before getting an IgG test for HSVI and II? I am getting my blood drawn at 3 weeks (next week) after the outbreak but will probably get retested unless it comes up with something else.
Anon_64814

Report This| Share this:Question about Genital Herpes acquistionThanks Gail, Can I get my last post deleted? I want to be anonymous and didn't it that button. It seems like a very long time (amazing) I guess the lab results will tell the tale. How long should I wait before getting an IgG test for HSVI and II? I am getting my blood drawn at 3 weeks (next week) after the outbreak but will probably get retested unless it comes up with something else. Anon_64814

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