Herpes: The Sequel

[fj25]

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i have a similar story as the girl with the earlier post.

My story was that I, a med student, had protected sex with a girl that I was dating. I went away for my rotation and didn't have time for the relationship. I decided to put a break on the relationship but we kept in contact. About a month later, she emails me that she got tested for everything and was told to be negative for everything over the phone. Then a week later, she writes me back saying that they made a mistake (they mailed a letter) and that she is actually positive for HSV-1. She thinks its oral herpes. I am worried because she did put her mouth on my body, including my mouth and my genitals. She then wrote me an email (claiming to be drunk at the time) that she'd so sorry and this drama. I wasnt sure what she was taking about anymore. I decided not to read her emails anymore because I am afraid of getting distracted from my school work, since I just regained my footing academically. I am already worried that I may have herpes but I dont have time to get tested. I also know tha STDs tend to run together tso that is also on my mind. the only time I can get tested is awhile from now.

 

[f_w]

90+ percent of the population are positive for HSV-1. It is something most of us acquire in kindergarten or even earlier. Unless you were one on the few people negative for HSV-1 by adulthood, her being antibody ++ is of no consequence to you. If she didn't have any active sores ('fever blisters') the chance to infect you would have been remote anyway.

So, don't worry too much about it.

 

[toofache32]

So, don't worry too much about it.

...but wrap that rascal anyway.

 

[trjb]

...but wrap that rascal anyway.

If you have sex with a person that has an STD, are you 100% to get it?

 

[f_w]

> If you have sex with a person that has an STD, are you 100% to get it?

Perioral type 1 herpes is not an STD.

And no, you are not 100% likely to get an STD if you have sex with a person who is infected (assuming of course that you do use a condom, but anything else would be stupid).

 

[shivalrous]

i have a similar story as the girl with the earlier post.

My story was that I, a med student, had protected sex with a girl that I was dating. I went away for my rotation and didn't have time for the relationship. I decided to put a break on the relationship but we kept in contact. About a month later, she emails me that she got tested for everything and was told to be negative for everything over the phone. Then a week later, she writes me back saying that they made a mistake (they mailed a letter) and that she is actually positive for HSV-1. She thinks its oral herpes. I am worried because she did put her mouth on my body, including my mouth and my genitals. She then wrote me an email (claiming to be drunk at the time) that she'd so sorry and this drama. I wasnt sure what she was taking about anymore. I decided not to read her emails anymore because I am afraid of getting distracted from my school work, since I just regained my footing academically. I am already worried that I may have herpes but I dont have time to get tested. I also know tha STDs tend to run together tso that is also on my mind. the only time I can get tested is awhile from now.

Make time to get tested, budd-ay.

The way she seems to lie, she could have been with too many guys.

 

[trjb]

Perioral type 1 herpes is not an STD.

And no, you are not 100% likely to get an STD if you have sex with a person who is infected (assuming of course that you do use a condom, but anything else would be stupid).[/QUOTE]

I apologize, I meant unprotected. If you have unprotected sex with someone who has an STD, any STD, and you didn't know that they had one, is it guaranteed that you will get it?

 

[f_w]

I apologize, I meant unprotected. If you have unprotected sex with someone who has an STD, any STD, and you didn't know that they had one, is it guaranteed that you will get it?

Nothing is 100% in medicine. Transmission rates for different conditions are variable and almost never 100%.

But if find out later that that your one nighther has some baggage, it is certainly advisable to get yourself into the care of a physician who is familiar with these issues and to get yourself tested and/or treated.

 

[toofache32]

Perioral type 1 herpes is not an STD.

Not to quibble, but type 1 herpes can easily be transmitted sexually. Not that it matters.

 

[f_w]

Genital herpes is an STD, whether it is caused by HSV-1 or HSV-2.

Perioral herpes is an almost physiologic condition. The majority of the population is seropositive for HSV1 and in the majority of people the virus does reside in the trigeminal ganglion. An immunocompetent patient carrying the HSV-1 virus is not infectious unless he/she has an active lesion (fever blisters).

(Yes, you can transmit your perioral herpes through oral-->genital contact if you happen to have an active lesion and if the recipient happens to be seronegative. And yes, you can acquire perioral HSV-2 if you to go down on someone who happens to shed at that time.)

http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic179.htm

 

[toofache32]

(Yes, you can transmit your perioral herpes through oral-->genital contact if you happen to have an active lesion and if the recipient happens to be seronegative. And yes, you can acquire perioral HSV-2 if you to go down on someone who happens to shed at that time.)

Exactly.

 

[tequila_farm]

1.Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease because the transmission occcurs with direct contact (i.e. contact with the genitals.)
2. One does NOT need to have active sores to transmit the disease. When one is harboring the virus (as a majority in the world do), it sheds periodically.
3. Genital herpes can be caused by BOTH HSV-1 and HSV-2. Both can cause the oral lesions as well.
4. If you have HSV-1 or HSV-2 in an oral location, you are PARTIALLY protected by reinfection in the genital area because you have preformed antibodies that are either protective for the same strain or cross-protective for the other strain.
5. If you have an outbreak, over time the duration, severity, and frequency will be milder. (This is, of course, barring any unforeseen immunocomprimised state.)