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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Herpes / July 2006Simple Question
Hello all, I have had H now for almost two years. The first year I had OB's about once every 6 weeks and I felt they were, for the most part, fairly mild, just blisters. Over the last 8-9 months I feel I have had maybe one ob, maybe two but only 1-2 very small blisters showed up, if that. Now. I would like to have sex with my gf. She has known about this from the start. Let's assume she is disease free for this conversation. My overall question is simple. I would like to know, roughly, what the chances are of her getting H from me if we use latex condoms and I am not showing any signs. I know all the stuff about shedding and all that. All I want to know is what are the chances she could get H using a latex condom and no signs showing. I know there is no exact answer. Give me best guesses. Thank you in advance. Please email me your responses to iceman6409@frontiernet.net Hi. I'm certainly not going to guess. There's no way to give you an accurate guess without knowing more specifics. Especially if you are planning on taking Valtrex. ar > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > best guesses. Thank you in advance. Please email me your responses to > iceman6409@frontiernet.net Yep, need to know more specifics. Do you have type-1 or type-2? Also, your assumption that she is negative for both types might not be the best one to make, considering the majority of folks have already been exposed to type-1 at some point in their life. Bottom line, more details and specifics are required. ~Eric > > Hello all, > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > best guesses. Thank you in advance. Please email me your responses to > > iceman6409@frontiernet.net She was checked years ago and hasn't been with anyone else in almost 20 years except me. We have not had sex since I found out. So, no, she does not have it. My H is on my penis so I assume that is type 2. If it helps all my ob's were on foreskin, nowhere else. I am not on any suppressants either. Can't afford them yet. All I really wanna know is what are the rough chances she could get H from me if I use a latex condom during non-ob times. I don't need it to be scientific. 10%? 20% 5%? I am just trying to be general. I know there is no exact answer. > Yep, need to know more specifics. Do you have type-1 or type-2? Also, > your assumption that she is negative for both types might not be the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> best guesses. Thank you in advance. Please email me your responses to >>> iceman6409@frontiernet.net > She was checked years ago and hasn't been with anyone else in almost 20 > years except me. We have not had sex since I found out. So, no, she [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > be scientific. 10%? 20% 5%? I am just trying to be general. I know > there is no exact answer. I can't give you any idea until you get a type-specific antibody test done to determine which type you have. Just because it is on a genital site does not mean it is type-2! Both types can cause lesions on the foreskin too. You need to find your viral type because they have very different recurrence and shedding rates, not to mention very different transmission rates. And you still don't know if she already has type-1 or even type-2. Take her along for a blood test too. ~Eric Hi Iceman, I still can't give you any rough estimates, but never presume that since your herpes is genital that it is type 2. Many of us have type 1 genital herpes. And that is difficult to pass on from genital to genital. ar > She was checked years ago and hasn't been with anyone else in almost 20 > years except me. We have not had sex since I found out. So, no, she does [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>>> best guesses. Thank you in advance. Please email me your responses to >>>> iceman6409@frontiernet.net |
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