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Husband and wife hsv1 - help
I have had cold sores since I was 6 or so, so ive always had hsv1
I got pregnant to an asymptomatic unconfirmed carrier who is my husband.
Ive kissed him a million times and he has never had any sores or issues. I perform oral to him when I had no outbreaks and he was fine with that.
During pregnancy I had cervical bleeding and pain. It turned out to be hsv1
My blood test was hsv1 5.65 igg
He tested 6.25 igg for hsv1
Both do not have hsv2 and again he has never had a breakout genitally and mine is solely on my cervix (I'm in the midst of the first genital breakout and it is the pits) but not on vagina.
Ive had cold sores right before the blood test also. Could this have been passed from my mouth to his penis to my cervix or traelled through in my time of extremely low immunity? (I had a bladder infection and uti right before the breakout- I was on antibiotics for almost a month they misdiagnosed it the first time...)
How does this affect our life going forward? Can I give him genital somehow from my cervix? Or assuming he has it and is asymptomatic based on blood results and the fact he never had a breakout...
Let me know
I got pregnant to an asymptomatic unconfirmed carrier who is my husband.
Ive kissed him a million times and he has never had any sores or issues. I perform oral to him when I had no outbreaks and he was fine with that.
During pregnancy I had cervical bleeding and pain. It turned out to be hsv1
My blood test was hsv1 5.65 igg
He tested 6.25 igg for hsv1
Both do not have hsv2 and again he has never had a breakout genitally and mine is solely on my cervix (I'm in the midst of the first genital breakout and it is the pits) but not on vagina.
Ive had cold sores right before the blood test also. Could this have been passed from my mouth to his penis to my cervix or traelled through in my time of extremely low immunity? (I had a bladder infection and uti right before the breakout- I was on antibiotics for almost a month they misdiagnosed it the first time...)
How does this affect our life going forward? Can I give him genital somehow from my cervix? Or assuming he has it and is asymptomatic based on blood results and the fact he never had a breakout...
Let me know
Further I got two swabs of the same outbreak which were hsv1 and absolutely my cold sores have been tested hsv1 which ive always known and gotten since provably age six.
Apparently hsv1 is common genitally in Japan where my husband is from. He was carrying it the whole time but never got the small lesions swabbed since he thought it was something else. Women beware to look for those tiny bumps, they really could be shaving bumps but they were on the head area. Its easy to overlook.
Apparently hsv1 is common genitally in Japan where my husband is from. He was carrying it the whole time but never got the small lesions swabbed since he thought it was something else. Women beware to look for those tiny bumps, they really could be shaving bumps but they were on the head area. Its easy to overlook.
Thank you for the follow up and explanation.
I'll also follow up!
I finally found the outbreak on husbands junk tip area. Its very very easy to overlook. If I hadn't been looking for it specifically I would have never guessed it was amiss. Very small white/red bumps they didnt follow much of a pattern. This tmi is to show others how easily it can be seen as something else. I provably had seen it before and didnt think twice about it.
He said he has been getting them periodically since he was a teenager and thought it was periodic pimples. Penis pimples do happen I want to point out but penis pimples are far more obvious and severe looking than the herpes outbreak near the tip.
So the mystery of where is solved. I likely got it from having such a battered immune system when I was just over some infections etc and never before because of my tolerance on my mouth.
I'll also follow up!
I finally found the outbreak on husbands junk tip area. Its very very easy to overlook. If I hadn't been looking for it specifically I would have never guessed it was amiss. Very small white/red bumps they didnt follow much of a pattern. This tmi is to show others how easily it can be seen as something else. I provably had seen it before and didnt think twice about it.
He said he has been getting them periodically since he was a teenager and thought it was periodic pimples. Penis pimples do happen I want to point out but penis pimples are far more obvious and severe looking than the herpes outbreak near the tip.
So the mystery of where is solved. I likely got it from having such a battered immune system when I was just over some infections etc and never before because of my tolerance on my mouth.
Could you just step back a moment...
Was the swab positive for HSV and was it correctly typed for HSV1? Or were some assumptions made? Did you swab your mouth at the same time?
Was the swab positive for HSV and was it correctly typed for HSV1? Or were some assumptions made? Did you swab your mouth at the same time?
I under stand that. But if you contracted in the genital area, like your labia, the outbreak could occur on yoiur cervix. Its called recurrent from an older infection.
He could not have possibly hit my cervix with his oral herpes though. I have no indications on the outside.
Since oral shedding is more promedent, i would lean toward him giving you genital hsv1 from oral sex. but its key to having your oral confirmed via swab.
The next time you have a oral outbreak have it swabbed within 48 hours to confirm you do have oral hsv1. Also your husband could have oral hsv1 and transferred it to your genital are from oral sex and the outbreak is recurrent menaning older infection.
You did not give it to yourself so this leads us to your husband. Many folks with genital hsv1 never have outbreaks and after the first usually never have another. Not much research has been on hsv1 genital but one thing we know is that it does not shed much at all, only about 3-5% of the time. I would rule out shedding as the culpret but that he was having an outbreak that he mistaken for something else.
Thank you so much for the prompt response. He does indeed hit my cervix during intercourse much of the time but I would not know if the shaft came in contact. Could he have been carrying it and had a shedding day after I was in a compromised immunity? Or he did not realize he was having an outbreak? Which means he could have cheated? I'm confused now at least with my theory of mouth to penis it made sense haha.
Thank you again
Thank you again
Well i must admit in the rules of herpes both you and your partner are the exception of what we know about herpes.
And these are the rules. Those with long standing hsv in one area are basicly immune to contracting in another, and those that do most often contract it at the same time. So you either contracted the genital hsv1 at the same time as the oral or your the exception to the rule which is not written in stone.
Men rarely have outbreaks on the penis tip but the shaft and that would be the rule for shedding in general. Herpes outbreaks at point of contact so his shaft would have to had made contact with your cervix or its a recurrent outbreak, meaning outbreaks can occur anywhere down there from an older infection.
Same goes for your husband hsv1. If he has it oral, the likehood its also genital would be not something concerning unless he contracted it at the same time also.
There one thing we know for sure, is that you did not give it to yourself from the oral that you have.
And these are the rules. Those with long standing hsv in one area are basicly immune to contracting in another, and those that do most often contract it at the same time. So you either contracted the genital hsv1 at the same time as the oral or your the exception to the rule which is not written in stone.
Men rarely have outbreaks on the penis tip but the shaft and that would be the rule for shedding in general. Herpes outbreaks at point of contact so his shaft would have to had made contact with your cervix or its a recurrent outbreak, meaning outbreaks can occur anywhere down there from an older infection.
Same goes for your husband hsv1. If he has it oral, the likehood its also genital would be not something concerning unless he contracted it at the same time also.
There one thing we know for sure, is that you did not give it to yourself from the oral that you have.
Oh and ive only had one sexual partner ever so I'm positive it wasnt dormant on my cervix this whole time ;)
But not sure about if he ever had it before on genitals, he has never had the symptoms he says.
But not sure about if he ever had it before on genitals, he has never had the symptoms he says.
Blood and swab test. Its inside on cervix only, cold sores aside.
He got blood test our results are listed above. He has never had an outbreak either place.
He got blood test our results are listed above. He has never had an outbreak either place.
Hi, very important to answer this question. How did you test positive for genital hsv1?
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