My new partner has informed me that she is +ve for HSV.
She did not tell me until we had several sexual encounters with no
inhibitions. We both received and gave oral sex and behaved totally
uninhibitedly.
Until 20 years ago, she had a very active sex life with multiple partners
and
was tested regularly for HIV other STD's - all negative except for HSV.
(Don't know which type.).
Can anyone explain whether or not there is diminished risk of contagion just
because she has had NO outbreaks for 20 years and has been totally
asymptomatic for so long.
Thanks for any comments.
There are several factors involved in determining risk of
transmission. In general though, the longer a person is infected, the
more that person's immune system learns to cope with the virus. That's
why people's outbreaks usually diminish in frequency and severity over
time. Same for asymptomatic shedding frequency. So yes, in theory your
risk of infection should be substantially less than it would be with
someone recently infected with frequent outbreaks. It's slim but not
zero though.... but neither would be the risk with someone that thinks
they're not infected but has never been tested. Most people infected
don't know it (have you been tested?).
M2
> My new partner has informed me that she is +ve for HSV.
>She did not tell me until we had several sexual encounters with no
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>asymptomatic for so long.
>Thanks for any comments.