If You Get Cold Sores, Do You Tell Partners That You Could Give Then Genital Herpes If You Give Them Oral Sex?
If not, do you think that someone who has genital herpes should inform partners before having sex with them?
I have genital herpes hsv-1, the same virus that causes cold sores on the mouth. People who have oral hsv-1 are actually 5 times more infectious than me, and if they give oral sex are putting their partners at 5x the risk I am if I have unprotected sex with someone.
So bearing this in mind, do you think the stigma placed on genital hsv-1 is fair, and would you expect someone that has the virus genitally to behave any differently than someone who has it orally? Why does one have a ‘moral responsibility’ while the other does not?
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January 7th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Both have a moral responsibility. I don’t know where you get the idea that they don’t from. If you have oral herpes, then you need to tell your parnter because if you perform oral sex on them, now they have genital herpes because of you and have to go around telling people they have it for the rest of their lives. At least let them be the ones to make the decision on if they want to take that chance or not. With HSV-1, you should also be telling people this before kissing them.
January 7th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
i don’t get cold sore, but i understand your frustration. i don’t know of anyone who gets cold sores and tell their partner about it. You say you have hsv-1, weather is 1or 2 it’s still herpes and people don’t care which type it is. most people are very ignorant about this epidemic and only go by what the word in the streets is. i can tell you are very angry about this situation and i don’t blame you.