1. That’s good. In my experience, men have intermittent redness under the foreskin from time to time. That is not worrisome to me.
2. Well, that just rules out one possibility for confirming whether you are risk or not.
3. I hope you aren’t taking Valtrex now for your herpes concerns. Taking too long a period of Valtrex can interfere with the accuracy of the antibody test.
I have not seen anyone get infected while using a condom in the area that the condom covered, no. However, I have seen men get infected and have their first symptoms at the base of the penis in areas not covered by a condom. That’s why I was interested to read that you thought that your penis was never deep inside of her and for a very short period of time.
Having HSV 1 infection does make HSV 2 infection less likely to be symptomatic, yes. The antibody to HSV 1 is so similar to HSV 2 that it does keep symptoms minimal in some people who acquire HSV 2 as a new infection while having HSV 1.
But you need to go always go back to the nature of the exposure to help determine risk. You exposure was protected and short. That is very important!
Terri