Hi everyone. hoping to get a minute of your time to answer my
questions....I have a question about transmission. A couple of nights
ago I was making out with this girl I really like. I found out I have
herpes type 1 and although I don't have very visible outbreaks I do
have a lot of pain and itching in the "boxer shorts" area. Anyways, I
stopped before we got intimate as I would never have sex with anyone
unless they were fully aware but she briefly pulled out my penis with
the top of her fingers and rubbed the very tip with her thumb. I
stopped her and she lay on my stomach talking. I had no shirt on and
neither did she so her side was laying on my lower abs area right above
my pubic hair area. Later that night I noticed that I had a couple of
tiny red dots on the head of my penis and was feeling itchy and very
uncomfortable. Now I am soo scared because I don't know how easily
transmittable this thing is. Can she get it on her side by laying on me
or can she get it on her fingers because she touched my penis? I dont
think she actually touched the area that was red. Thank you all in
advance for your replies
> Hi everyone. hoping to get a minute of your time to answer my
> questions....I have a question about transmission. A couple of nights
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> think she actually touched the area that was red. Thank you all in
> advance for your replies
I just wanted to rephrase my question since asking "can she get it" is
probably not a fair question. I think anything is possible. I think
what I want to know is how likely it is hat she will get it. or how
easily does this thing invade the skin. is it just touching it the end?
Is the skin on the finger tips or the side of the stomach easily
penetrated or do you have to like rub it in for it to actually
penetrate. Ok so I asked a couple of more questions. I'm sorry. Cant
help it.
M2slo2cht@nospam.invalid - 28 Dec 2006 16:42 GMT
>how likely it is hat she will get it. or how
>easily does this thing invade the skin. is it just touching it the end?
HSV is usually transmitted through thin mucosal skin (genitals, lips,
like that). It has great difficulty getting through the skin covering
most of your body unless it can find an opening (cut or abrasion).
And yes, it needs a little help. The friction and rubbing associated
with sex is plenty help. So no, just touching an infected area isn't
a high risk thing although, as you say, anything's possible.
And by the way, transmitting type 1 from genitals to genitals is
statistically lower risk than for type 2. Not zero but lower.
M2