If I Have Oral Herpes (hsv-1) And I Received Oral Sex From My Partner Who Kissed Me, Do I Have Genital Herpes?
I just got a cold sore on my lips, but me and my boyfriend decided to kiss anyway. But then we had oral sex and now im wondering if i have genital herpes.
I think he already had a cold sore before sometime in his life, but it wasnt present or active when we were having oral sex. I’m a girl…
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February 1st, 2010 at 8:12 am
What an incredible array of misinformation you have here. These answers are why you should ALWAYS check information against a reliable source. My fave reliable source is linked to below. It’s easy to read, and factual – unlike much of the other info in these answers.
Lammy has it right. If you’ve had oral herpes for more than a month or two, your body has antibodies that make it almost impossible for you to infect yourself on another part of your body. You can catch another strain of herpes, but not the one you already have.
Your BF on the other hand, may have just caught oral herpes. Or, if you give him oral sex, you can give him genital herpes.
Good question – and obviously the sort of thing that causes a lot of confusion, based on the answers you’ve gotten so far.
Good luck.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Probably not, but the only way to know is if you get a sore in your genital area. I understand that it can be passed this way, but a lot depends on what stage the cold sore was in. Just pay attention to your body, you will know if you have it and it becomes active. I understand that it is very painful and uncomfortable.
Just be careful in the future when you have a cold sore and try to avoid oral sexual activities during this time.
February 1st, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Sorry to tell you this but oral herpes can spread to the genitals and genital herpes can spread to the lips and mouth. There are a lot of people here telling you that it doesn’t happen but every doctor I’ve ever asked (and wikipedia) says that they are interchangable. If you’ve received oral sex from somebody who had a (ACTIVE) cold sore it’s very possible that you could develop genital herpes. If he did not have an active cold sore he could still pass the virus through something called asymptomatic shedding but it’s not very likely.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:14 pm
He could have passed it back to you if you had passed enough of the virus onto his lips that stuck around long enough to be passed onto your genitals. This would be similar to you touching your mouth and then touching your genitals though. You won’t have the traditional genital herpes (HSV-2), but you could potentially have an HSV-1 outbreak on your genitals someday. No big deal. Get a prescription for Valtrex, that way you won’t have to worry about coldsores or genital outbreaks as much.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:25 pm
There is a possibility. Be more careful. The herpes in your mouth CAN be transmitted to your genitals. Direct oral to genital contact will spead it. If your partner had any kind of open cut or sore in their mouth and you with your sore kiss them, you will give it to them. If they then preform oral sex on you, then you can absolutly get it there too.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Oral herpes is caused majorly by the HSV-1 virus wherease genital herpes mainly by HSV-2. Although the two can be interchanged.
That was fairly irresponsible of both of you.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:32 pm
same virus different strain u wouldnt get genital herpes but u may get oral herpies as the virus can spread through genital contact.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:06 pm
The virus is basically the same and can transfer to all mucus membranes. This does not necessarily mean you transferred it though but it is possible.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:01 am
i would go and get tested so u don’t have to worry….i am not an authority on this and i don’t want to give false info on it …
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:24 am
Lammy and HM gave you good info.
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:04 am
No you do not….. They are two different strains of the same disease. One cannot survive in the other’s environment…..
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:21 am
Are you serious? Wait, I have to go and *uke now. Give me a break!
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:19 am
Maybe, go to a doctor and see.
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:06 pm
uhhh…probably not because those are two different kinds of things.
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:17 pm
I don’t think these 2 are the same virus.
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:37 pm
no but you should
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:21 am
If you had never had oral herpes yourself and your boyfriend was the one with the cold sore, you could catch genital herpes from his cold sore – genital hsv-1.
If you were the one with the developing cold sore, and you gave your boyfriend oral sex, and he had never had a cold sore before, he could get genital herpes that way – genital herpes type 1.
If you have had oral herpes – normally the virus hsv-1 – for more than a few months, your body producues antibodies to the virus, which means that, even if you were exposed to it genitally, you would be extremely unlikely to catch it genitally due to your oral infection. So much so that many specialists in herpes say that it is impossible, once you have had herpes in one location for a while, to get the same virus in another location. See:http://picturesofgenitalwarts.net " /> for the answer to your question – faq no. 12.
HOWEVER, you were extremely infectious with a cold sore and if your boyfriend has never had oral herpes before, he is at an extremely high risk of developing it now. If he does not develop symptoms orally within a few days, it is probably because he, like you, is one of the majority of people that have oral herpes already, and was therefore unable to catch it from you. If he has had a cold sore before, even years ago, then it is probable that he was already infected orally and cannot get infected again by you. But if there was any possibility he didn’t have oral herpes, it was a very irresponsible thing to do.
So, you are fine yourself and there is nothing to worry about. Just worry more about your partner next time!
And remember if you have any future boyfriends who have not had cold sores, there is a small risk of giving them genital herpes if you give them oral sex, even during the times when you do not have a cold sore. That is how I caught genital herpes.
September 15th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
if i get oral herpes and my partner has genital herpes and we have sex can i also get genital herpies?