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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Herpes / July 2005Sex during outbreak
I have a couple of questions - I can't seem to find answers on the web: 1. After almost 2 years without any symptoms, my gf felt her "prodrome" (burning sensation) over the weekend. Unfortunately, it came on hours after we had sex. I did use a condom (I started doing that after she told me her status). My question is: What happens during a prodrome as far as shedding? I understand this is nature's way of warning people, but was I exposed to the virus in the short time period just before that? 2. She is now on Valtrex, but she wants to perform oral sex on me during the outbreak. Any risks? The literature says no sex... Thanks - >1After almost 2 years without any symptoms, my gf felt her >"prodrome" (burning sensation) I'm assuming her prodrome was genital and not oral. Am I assuming correctly? (could be either one) >came on hours after we had sex. I did use a condom (I started doing >that after she told me her status). My question is: What happens >during a prodrome as far as shedding? Shedding can take place during prodrome. Problem is, you can't actually tell exactly where the shedding it taking place. For genital infections, it'll be somewhere in the boxer shorts area but the exact location is tough to pin down. >was I exposed to the virus in the short >time period just before that? Possibly. But a condom, although it covers only a part of you that may come in contact with the virus, the part that it covers is your most vulnerable part. >2. She is now on Valtrex, but she wants to perform oral sex on me >during the outbreak. Any risks? The literature says no sex... The virus is spread by skin to skin contact but not just any skin will do. The skin doing the shedding is the infectious part. So if your girlfriend is shedding genitally, and not orally, then when she is giving you oral sex there's no contact. between your genitals and the virus. That's the simplest way I can explain it. M2 >>1After almost 2 years without any symptoms, my gf felt her >>"prodrome" (burning sensation) > >I'm assuming her prodrome was genital and not oral. Am I assuming >correctly? >(could be either one) Yes, her prodrome was a burning sensation in the genital area. She has Type 2 only. I have Type 1 (cold sores once in a while). >>came on hours after we had sex. I did use a condom (I started doing >>that after she told me her status). My question is: What happens [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >giving you oral sex there's no contact. between your genitals and the >virus. That's the simplest way I can explain it. From what I've read, the virus enters through "broken" skin or mucuous membranes. Is the penis considered a mucuous membrane? What about the inner thigh? Some web sites say the buttocks are too thick, for example, but it's kind of hard to tell exactly what area of your body is considered "porous" to the virus. >From what I've read, the virus enters through "broken" skin or mucuous >membranes. Correct. >Is the penis considered a mucuous membrane? Yep. Lips too. >What about the inner thigh? I'm no expert but I think that's not considered mucous membrane. > it's kind of hard to tell exactly what area of your body >is considered "porous" to the virus. Generally, the virus has a much tougher time getting through any normal skin (non-mucous membrane) without some help from cuts and/or abrasions. M2 >>From what I've read, the virus enters through "broken" skin or mucuous >>membranes. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >M2 I just found this in the medical references... Mucuous membrane continuous with skin: At the nostrils, the lips, the ears, the genital area, and the anus. Specifically, for genital STDs: 1. The vagina 2. The clitoris 3. The covering of the glans penis (head of the penis) 4. The inside of the prepuce (foreskin) |
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