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Two weeks ago, under the influence, I had a girl perform unprotected oral on me. She’s had HSV 2 for 10 years and has never had oral lesions. She was upfront and told me that I had no risk by her performing unprotected oral sex on me. Since then, I’ve been freaking out. I went and got an IGG test 2 weeks after exposure and it came back negative. Everything that I’ve read says that 2 weeks is too soon (for the most part) and that I need to test after 6 weeks. I’ve also read that it’s nearly impossible to to get HSV 2 in my situation. I don’t have any bumps/lesions, however it’s been buring around my anus (not sure if it’s due to spicy food/farting). Some other symptoms that I’ve noticed are as follows:
1) slight burning feeling by my knees (might have something to do with my new body wash but I am scared it’s a herpes symptom)
2) slight pain on the back of my left thigh….in between my buttocks and kneeI posted my concerns on the medhelp.org and a gentlemen by the name of HowardH said this interaction carried virtually no risk and that experts would have advised me against testing….is this true? Should i get tested again, or am I safe?
Also since then I’ve had unprotected sex with someone (one time) who doesn’t have any STDs….is there a chance that I could have infected her?
Should I be worried? Is my mind playing games with me?
Thank you for all of your help.
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I would definitely agree with Howard H. This encounter presents no risk. HSV 2 is a genital infection, rarely an oral one and if someone has it orally, it very very rarely recurs. I would also have advised you not to test, but you did and that lets you know that you weren’t infected before (80% of those infected don’t know it).
The symptoms that you are describing are likely triggered by your worries rather than any actual disease to be concerned about. It is amazing what our minds can do to us. I remember when my dearest friend was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; i had such belly pain for months I ended up with an MRI of the belly – totally normal. And my belly pain went away. If you let your self believe the medical facts here, your symptoms will go away too.
Please let yourself believe that this event poses no risk to you. Start living your life again as fully as possible.
Terri
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It is possible to have HSV 1 without symptoms, but if you were truly negative for both HSV 1 and HSV 2 by antibody, I think you would be var more likely to have symptoms if you acquired HSV 1 genitally.
A sore throat and ear aches/tingling are not signs of HSV 1 genitally. I really don’t think you need testing again, no.
Terri
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No, I don’t think that is likely to have occurred without any symptoms at all. Do you worry about contracting HSV1 through kissing with all partners?
Sore throat and ear aches with no oral lesions are extremely unlikely to be symptoms of herpes, by themselves.Terri
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Terri
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So a negative at 9 weeks is certainly hopeful, yes! However, it is probably only about 80% accurate at this time. Which means that with about 80% certainty, your results will remain negative. But that’s a really good thing, right? You’ve only got 7 weeks to go to be able to count fully on these results. So far, so good, right?
Terri
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I’m going on the premise that you are going to continue to get tested until you feel like you are certain about there results. No, I don’t think that you need testing again for HSV 2. But if you are going to, then 16 weeks is the time. Sometimes, no matter how often we reassure people, they want that testing anyway. How are you feeling about HSV 1? We are really not out of the woods for HSV 1, only HSV 2 for which your encounter presented no risk.
I really do think if you acquired HSV 1 genitally, you would likely have symptoms but since that is your only possible risk here, we are not out of the woods for HSV 1 until 16 weeks.
Terri
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Well, I guess if you know that for certain, then you should move on with your life, yes.
Terri
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