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Genital and oral herpes type 1 risk

I have had oral and genital herpes type 1 for about 3 years now. I rarely break out. I can't even remember when the last genital outbreak I had was. I've never had any problem (thus far) of me spreading it to anyone, also I have few partners and try to take daily acyclovir. But last night me and old boyfriend had sex and I haven't taken acyclovir for about a month because I couldn't afford it. And the condom slipped off during sex and we kept going. I have had no tingling or pain, a little itch (but sometimes when I worry I make myself go crazy focusing on it, so it could just be me because I only feel it itch if I'm like thinking about it and focusing on it) are his chances high of getting it from me because I didn't follow the precautions? I'm very worried. I'm a 21 year old female and he is around 23-25
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Hi, having both hsv1 oral and genital is quite rare unless you caught both around the same time. When a person has hsv1 oral for quite some time their antibodies are high and would prevent it from pingponging to another area. Tell us more about your diagnoses tests you had. Also as Prizefighter says the risk is quite low with no sore at the time as shedding only ocurrs about 3-5% of the time.
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7052037 tn?1389027909
If you did not have an outbreak, it is pretty low.  He should be ok.  
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