Herpes

herpes????????

I gave oral sex to my partner and i know that she gets cold sores on her mouth every now and then but i know that she doesn't have the visible symptoms of genital herpes. And i just got a cold sore after a couple days from the oral sex. And i don't really ever get cold sores it probably happened couple of times in my whole life. Now i'm scared she might have had the virus on her body and somehow transferred it to me.. Would this be the case? Because i'm just being a paranoid about this and i have a couple of small bumps around my genitals. they just look like a pimple with dry skin on top of them. can i have the oral herpes and genitals at the same time if that's the case? Any help is really appreciated..

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1. You have just described a herpes lesion very nicely. I suggest getting to your doctor, and learning how to keep from spreading it around in the future. At present, there is no cure for herpes, only treatment.
2. Well cold sores are related to the herpes family. Go get yourself checked, plus you should never have any type of sex with any one before you get both yourselves checked out dude!
3. Oral herpes, usually caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), shows up as cold sores or fever blisters on the mouth. Even a casual peck on the lips from someone with a cold sore can give you the virus. That's why it's so common: Genital herpes, most often caused by the second type of herpes virus (HSV-2), is less common, but plenty of people still have it.The textbook symptom of genital herpes is a cluster of small fluid-filled blisters that break, forming painful sores that crust and heal during several days. Affected areas include the penis, scrotum, vagina, vulva, urethra, anus, thighs, and buttocks.But many people don't get these sores. Some people have no symptoms at all, while others get symptoms that can be easily mistaken for razor burn, pimples, bug bites, jock itch, hemorrhoids, an ingrown hair, or a vaginal yeast infection.A blood test that shows antibodies to HSV-1 means you could have genital or oral herpes. That's because oral herpes, typically caused by HSV-1, can be spread to the genitals during oral sex.
4. just for your piece of mined i think u should go see a docter and this is coming from somebody who is a female with nursing background. it sounds to me a little more then pimples.
5. It could be, but then again, its cold outside. I got my first cold sore not too long ago..it could have came from kissing.. that was my first one EVER.. I sure hadn't been giving oral at that time. I had a bump on my area before, it was like a pimple, not to sound gross and I know its going to.. but I popped them, and a white hard thing came out of it.. Ive had staph infections down there, from me popping things and going to the tannin beds. I got one I couldn't pop one time.. I thought it looked like a wart.. I went to the doc, had all 3 removed and it turned out to be just a cyst. anything is possible..good luck!
6. If you've EVER had a cold sore before in your life - you already had HSV1 on YOUR mouth.... you should be careful not to share what YOU have when you give her oral sex. There are prior symptoms to a cold sore - kinda tingles or itches - when that's happening or you have a cold sore, you should not kiss anyone or give oral sex.... You could've gotten it as a child from kissing a relative who had no idea (as you did) that they were carrying the virus... NOW - when 2 people with herpes get together - it sometimes causes the virus to recurr more often! So that's probably what you're seeing....more cold sores from being with her - but not something you caught from her.
7. Mmm. And you're more worried that you could transfer it to her and she could pass it to you than that you could give her genital herpes? There's something wrong there. As it happens, if you both have cold sores and have had the virus on your mouths for years, you are both EXTREMELY unlikely to contract the same virus genitally. Because you have it orally, you will produce antibodies that prevent you getting it in a second location on your body. That is the standard advice given by the Herpes Viruses Association. For example, I have hsv-1 (the virus that causes oral cold sores) genitally, because my boyfriend gets cold sores and I caught it from him giving me oral sex - when he was in between cold sores. I have had it genitally for a couple of years now, and a couple of weeks ago I accidentally kissed him full on when he had an open cold sore - I just forgot. But I haven't developed an oral herpes infection because I already have that virus somewhere else and my body knows how to fight it. Relax, most people have cold sores. If you have both had cold sores in the past, and haven't contracted them within the last few months for the first time, and as long as you make sure you avoid giving oral sex when you have an open cold sore, you will be fine. I suspect you just have a pimple or two. Not genital herpes, which looks exactly like the cold sores you get on your mouth - and you often get the warning tingle too. Stop being paranoid! 8 out of 10 people have cold sores, the majority of them practice oral sex, and yet 80% of the population does not have genital hsv-1. The major reason for this is because having it orally protects you from getting it genitally.