Could it be oral HSV-2 since I already have HSV-1 on genitals?

[badooza]

Hello! My doctor was really bad so I have been trying to get ahold of more information and have found this messageboard really helpfull.

I was recently diagnosed with genital HSV-1 by a swab test from a lesion. It was not a primary outbreak even though I had not known about it before. (I had not had sex with anyone in over 6 weeks and I noticed it by chance, it was super super small).

I do remember about 2 years ago that I had gotten lesion in the corner of my mouth that I suspected to be herpes even though I never went to take any test. It has never really reoccured, but I have had a tingeling sensation there a few times.

1. How probable is it that I actually have HSV-1 on both my genitals and in my mouth area. I know that once you are infected in one area it is hard to become infected again in another one. But if I would have been exposed to the virus to both those areas at the same time it would be rather likely right?

I actually felt a tingling/slightly painful sensation where I got my oral outbreak around the same time that my genital symptoms showed up. Is there any correlation between a HSV-1 outbreak orally and genitally?

2. My worries now are taking a HSV-blood test and finding out I have type 2. Then it would be pretty probable that I would have it orally, right? Even though the HSV-2 orally does not expose a very high risk of transmission, I guess I would have to take into consideration it being HSV-2 genitally.

3. It is said that HSV orally is really uncommon. I have read people advocating that it seems that uncommon because there are so few reoccurances with oral HSV-2. That maybe it is more common than you would think just that people hardly have symptoms. What do you guys think?  

Thank you, I hope someone can give their opinion on the matter!

[badooza]

I am just scared to test + for HSV-2 being that I have it on my mouth, where it is not as near as contagious but still having to live with it like it would be genitally (because you can never really know).

Thank you for your comment. If anyone else has input, I would love to hear it.

[Fleetwood20]

Chances are you do actually only have HSV1 in the one location being your genital region. Thus maybe he mouth sores were not herpes related.

The next most likely situation is that you were infected genitally and orally with HSV1 within a few weeks of each other. As an infection was not established in the one location, then the other location is susceptible.

Lastly, and remotely, is the chance of HSV2 orally, although I'd be very confident this has not happened and a test will confirm it.