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Hello & thank you for providing such an insightful & helpful service. I’m a female & have been recently diagnosed with genital hsv2 (from a swab test)
I realize that the virus may lie dormant for long periods of time, and there’s no way to know for sure exactly when I got this but… I whole heartily believe I contracted this from a recent encounter in which I only received oral sex from a man.
I have read that such an occurrence is extremely rare, and have even read from some resources (not sure how reliable the sources are though) that it is impossible to get hsv2 strictly from receiving oral sex.
I think I read somewhere that there is only about a 1% chance of this happening? Does that sound about right? If I have such luck, why can’t I ever win the lottery?
All jokes aside…
My question is –
1.Do you have any idea how many people have contracted genital hsv2 strictly from receiving oral sex?
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2.How likely would it be for me to also get oral hsv2 from future sex in addition to my genital hsv2?
Will I have build up some resistance to getting oral hsv2 once I aquire more antibodies? Or is it pretty much a sure thing if I choose to give a man oral without a condom?
I look forward to hearing from you
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1. I have never encountered a person who acquired HSV 2 from oral sex. The question of when you contracted this could be answered by having an antibody test right when you had the swab test. How long ago was that? If you had antibody present at the time of the swab test, this was NOT new infection. If it has been less than two weeks since the positive swab test, you could do the antibody test (IgG only)
2. Once you have well established HSV 2 genitally you will not get it orally. They are two very different nerve groups and the virus stays in the nerve group in which you become infected.Terri
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It is not too late to take an antibody test, particularly if you are taking antivirals. You can delay seroconversion by taking antiviral therapy for months or even longer. If you have a strong response on your antibody test it was likely NOT from this contact. Meds don’t really make your body’s immune response weaker, but it does keep certain parts of the immune system from producing a robust response. Generally, that’s OK because the medicine sort of takes the place of the immune response, but if you’re trying to find out if you have herpes or not. But in this case you know you have HSV 2 from the swab test – what you don’t know is if you have old or new infection. The antivirals won’t hurt you, no. Am I answering your question here?
Terri
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Perfect!
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1.I know everyone’s body is different but do you have any idea how long I’ve had this? For a number like 9.05 , would that take months? If it takes months, about how many months? Or would it take years?
No, no idea how long you’ve had this and there is simply no way to tell. It could be the first person you ever had sex with – there is just no way to know.
2. Is it safe to say that I am officially out of the autoinoculation stage? (I’ve been very worried about that)
Oh yes, well past that!
3.I have experienced anal fissures randomly for a couple of years, and the outbreak that I had swabbed (the only outbreak that I’ve ever actually seen) was on my anal region.Do you think the fissures have been outbreaks all along?
They certainly could be, yes. I’m assuming that the lesion that was swab test positive was from the anus? You could continue to have outbreaks there or they could show up anywhere in the boxer shorts area.
4.Do you think I will most likely only get recurrences in the anal area?
see above.
Terri
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Well, it tells me only that you didn’t get infected in the past few weeks. It tells me that you’ve mounted a robust immune response to the virus. 9.5 is not higher than the average positive, not.
Terri
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You are most welcome.
Terri
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