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Can I get HSV-2 from performing cunnilingus on a woman with HSV-2 genital herpes?
Can I get HSV-2 from performing cunnilingus on a woman with HSV-2 genital herpes? Specifically, would it spread to my genitals from my mouth if the contact was with my mouth? Thanks
Did this man know you have HSV2? If so and he opted not to use protection, than he can only blame himself if he contracted anything at all.
I have hsv2 (only had buttock lesion). I had unprotected sex with a man and he got a cold sore on his mouth. He blamed me, though he could have got the cold sore from someone else!
So I'm thinking the mouth is just as susceptible to hsv2, otherwise, why did he not get any genital lesions??
So I'm thinking the mouth is just as susceptible to hsv2, otherwise, why did he not get any genital lesions??
yes if you contracted hsv2 orally it would shed from the oral area as well as reoccur there. It won't travel through your body to your genital area.
No, people have not transmitted their own oral herpes to their genital area. mostly when you read accounts of things like that, it's folks who weren't properly tested/diagnosed and/or just don't understand what information they need to be seeking out.
To greatly simplify it, hsv2 doesn't "like" the oral area. It can infect there and most folks who contract hsv2 orally, also contracted it genitally at the same time.
No, people have not transmitted their own oral herpes to their genital area. mostly when you read accounts of things like that, it's folks who weren't properly tested/diagnosed and/or just don't understand what information they need to be seeking out.
To greatly simplify it, hsv2 doesn't "like" the oral area. It can infect there and most folks who contract hsv2 orally, also contracted it genitally at the same time.
Thank you for your in depth answer, I really appreciate it.
The exclusivity of transmission via skin to skin contact was what was most curious to me.
Several sources explaining HSV- 2 seemed to suggest that it has a different site of dormancy than HSV- 1. It seemed like a logical possibility to me that the site of dormancy would dictate that site of re-emergence, and that if you were to contract HSV-2 orally, that it could re-emerge somewhere beside the mouth.
It seems like people have transmitted their OWN oral herpes to their genitals through skin to skin contact, because I have read several people's accounts of this.
In general, it seems like HSV-2 oral infection is the least common case, or at least the one that is least discussed online.
Thanks again
The exclusivity of transmission via skin to skin contact was what was most curious to me.
Several sources explaining HSV- 2 seemed to suggest that it has a different site of dormancy than HSV- 1. It seemed like a logical possibility to me that the site of dormancy would dictate that site of re-emergence, and that if you were to contract HSV-2 orally, that it could re-emerge somewhere beside the mouth.
It seems like people have transmitted their OWN oral herpes to their genitals through skin to skin contact, because I have read several people's accounts of this.
In general, it seems like HSV-2 oral infection is the least common case, or at least the one that is least discussed online.
Thanks again
Disregard sunnytiti's post - Grace DOES know what she's talking about.
You're asking the same question as you did initially. Herpes transmission is plain and simple. It's transmitted by skin to skin contact, and does not travel through the body. It cannot "change" from oral to genital in a person's body. Grace's examples are very much correct.
If you have oral herpes, and you perform oral sex on someone who does NOT have herpes, your could potentially transmit your oral herpes to their genitals (I have genital HSV1 myself this way, as my partner gets cold sores and now I have genital HSV1 from him performing oral sex on me). So, the opposite can happen too: Let's say your boyfriend has genital herpes, and you perform oral sex on him and you are HSV negative. He can potentially transmit his genital herpes to your mouth. HOWEVER, you wouldn't get genital herpes from him because you didn't have genital sex with him.
It's really not that complicated; specific skin to skin contact is required with an infected person, and it does not travel through the body.
You're asking the same question as you did initially. Herpes transmission is plain and simple. It's transmitted by skin to skin contact, and does not travel through the body. It cannot "change" from oral to genital in a person's body. Grace's examples are very much correct.
If you have oral herpes, and you perform oral sex on someone who does NOT have herpes, your could potentially transmit your oral herpes to their genitals (I have genital HSV1 myself this way, as my partner gets cold sores and now I have genital HSV1 from him performing oral sex on me). So, the opposite can happen too: Let's say your boyfriend has genital herpes, and you perform oral sex on him and you are HSV negative. He can potentially transmit his genital herpes to your mouth. HOWEVER, you wouldn't get genital herpes from him because you didn't have genital sex with him.
It's really not that complicated; specific skin to skin contact is required with an infected person, and it does not travel through the body.
In other words, if you perform oral sex on someone who has genital herpes, do you run the risk that the HSV you may contract orally will express both oral and genital herpes symptoms?
Yes, thank you for you response.
Does HSV manifest in the state it was contracted? If it was contracted orally, can it manifest as genital herpes? If it I contracted genitally, can it manifest as oral herpes?
Does HSV manifest in the state it was contracted? If it was contracted orally, can it manifest as genital herpes? If it I contracted genitally, can it manifest as oral herpes?
if you perform oral sex on someone who has genital herpes, you have the risk of contracting hsv orally.
if someone performs oral sex on your genitals, you run the risk of contracting hsv genitally.
make more sense?
if someone performs oral sex on your genitals, you run the risk of contracting hsv genitally.
make more sense?
Most of the posts on the topic of oral sex and herpes that I have come across discuss the possibility of oral hepes infecting the genitals of a partner receiving oral sex. The consensus seems to be that yes, it is possible.
My question is the opposite, concerning the case of a herpes travelling from the genitals of an infected partner to the mouth of an uninfected partner during oral sex. The concensus seems to be yes again, but I am curious about the nature of that infection. Would the HSV-2 remain in the mouth? Is it possible for it to infect different parts of the body such as the genitals after dormancy?
I'm trying to understand if the herpes stays localized at the point of contact, or if it emerges or may emerge in either the mouth or genitals based on the type of herpes that it is.
My question is the opposite, concerning the case of a herpes travelling from the genitals of an infected partner to the mouth of an uninfected partner during oral sex. The concensus seems to be yes again, but I am curious about the nature of that infection. Would the HSV-2 remain in the mouth? Is it possible for it to infect different parts of the body such as the genitals after dormancy?
I'm trying to understand if the herpes stays localized at the point of contact, or if it emerges or may emerge in either the mouth or genitals based on the type of herpes that it is.
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