March 2, 2015 at 2:19 pm #5283

Participant

Hi Terri,

Thanks for your response. An update – I had no oral symptoms at all initially, but about 2 months after my outbreak I seem to have something on the corners of my mouth. I’m not 100% sure that they’re coldsores,because I do tend to get dry skin.
But one of them became pussy/scabby and it seemed to look more like a cold sore than dry skin.

Is it possible that I got the genital outbreak of HSV-1 first, and then the oral outbreak about 2 months after?? I’m a bit confused.

On a different note, for when I get a new sexual partner, do I simply need to get them tested for HSV-1/2 and if they are positive for HSV-1 then I don’t need to worry about sexual activity with them?

Thanks.