Reply To: Worries of contracting HSV

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Hi Terri. Thank you for your response and affirmation. I guess it really is just an anxiety thing. The condom did in fact cover my whole penis, though I am not sure if she pushed it on with her mouth or her hands, but I am pretty sure that it was her hands. I have seen that the statistics for people to have oral HSV2 is already really low and the rate at which they shed is extremely low as well, which I would assume that means I would have a one in several millions chance of catching HSV-2 from oral to genital contact. My biggest worry is about the handjob now. I have seen doctors say that there is no way to catch anything from a handjob and then I have seen others say that you can. Given that I did not see any visible lesions or anything on her hand, I guess my biggest fear is that she may have touched someone else before me and didn’t wash her hands or something. I think the retest would be more for my conscience so that I could continue to have sex with my fiancé without the fear of passing something on to her.

 

I tried to look around for statistics before coming onto here but everything is pretty contradicting. I have heard that HSV2 is very easy to catch and I have heard that it is not as easy as it is made out to be. I guess what really worries me is that I don’t know if what I have mentioned above is even a possibility. I also assume the main cause for transmission is those participating in unprotected vaginal sex, as I have seen on med help from you and others that herpes is almost never transmitted from oral to genital and especially with a condom. Not to mention that you said you have never even heard of a transmission from hand to genital, which is quite the relief.