should i get tested?

[letmebenotsick007]

hi guys,

back here again after a while...which is both good and not good...anyway...

last week i went out with a girl, and we made out. she had a boyfriend she broke up with in september. she had her last set of testing in november 2013 she said. she was not tested for hsv. i was tested in june 2014 and came up clean.

the second time we hung out (a few days ago), we made out again. then she proceeded to give me a handjob, but before doing so, she spat on my penis - and quite a bit of spit too. she stroked me a few times, and i ejaculated very quickly (this ordeal lasted less than a minute, i was very uncomfortable actually because she was pressuring to let me let her do it). i dried myself thoroughly off after with tissue.

however i have been worrying that i could be at risk for herpes or other stds because of the amount of spit that was on my penis although for a short period of time.

should i get std testing? please let me know what you think. i am particularly worried about herpes as she was not tested for it i believe. (she said she got full testing, however docs often don't test for hsv unless symptomatic).

[letmebenotsick007]

Okay my apologies. thank you.

[HowardH]

If you kissed her and she has oral herpes, you could have caught it. But very unlikely, especially since she didn't have an obvious outbreak.

This discussion has gone as far as it can. Do your best to believe and accept the reassurance I have tried to give. I won't have any more comments.

[letmebenotsick007]

Howard, would I be at risk for type 1 hsv in my lips or mouth? Her mouth looked clean, and there were no bumps that I could see or anything like that. Thanks.

[letmebenotsick007]

Hi Howard. Thanks for alleviating my worry and concern. God bless and keep us all on the right path.

[HowardH]

The virus could be present. However, any risk is theoretical. It's probably not "impossible", but if it happens, it is exceedingly rare -- too rare to worry about. Nobody ever shows up in STD clinics with genital herpes if they only had hand-genital contact. Everybody has had unprotected intercourse (vaginal, rectal, or oral).

[letmebenotsick007]

Hi Howard,

Thanks for alleviating my concern. I was wondering...does the herpes virus live in saliva? That's why I was feeling paranoid...thinking if the virus could be in the spit, and some gets in my urethra (or on my shaft if there were minor scrapes from abrasiveness of masturbation), I could catch it.

Is this impossible? Thanks for your help..

[HowardH]

STDs aren't transmitted by hand-genital contact or by saliva. No risk (including herpes) and no need for testing.

[letmebenotsick007]

she broke up in september 2013* testing she had done was after that.