Herpes Type One & Two?

Question

My ex girlfriend of 3 months found out about 3 weeks ago that she has Herpes Type2. I went down just the other day & got tested & I have type1.
If I tell her, I am afraid that she will blame herself for giving it to me. That is the way she is. Then too, will she wonder if she got it from me. We no longer go together, but we are friends.
Question number two---Should I contact my last ex that I was with for 3 years & tell her to go get tested. I have only been with these two women in 12 years. The previous one that I was with for 3 years had several people that were in to drugs & drinking who she had been in a relationship with for a few years. I am wondering if I contacted it from her. This recent relationship was with a very decent girl who just got out of a 12 years relationship & was only with 3 people in her life time. Those two questions I need answers to. I was told by my doctors nurse that a person with Type one can give it to a person that will have type two.

Answer 1

About 80% of people have type 1 and 20% have type 2. Some people have both. It has very little to do with how "decent" you are. They are just very common viruses, and only a minor inconvenience for most people, although some people get recurrences more severely.

You can get either virus in either site (around the mouth or round the genitals), although most oral cold sores are type 1. Genital herpes is about half and half.

They are different but related viruses. One can't change into the other, but having type 1 doesn't stop you getting type 2 or vice versa. If you don't have type 2, then she didn't get it from you. Similarly, if she doesn't have type 1, you haven't got it from her.

Answer 2

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Answer 4

If you have type 1 only, and she has type 2, there is absolutely no way you infected her. Your doctor was WRONG.

Type 1 and type 2 are two different viruses. If you have type 1, you are only like 8 out of 10 of the rest of the populaiton that have it. It is the norm to be infected with type 1 - it normally means that you have oral herpes aka cold sores, even if you do not get symptoms. It is a lot rarer to have it genitally.

If she has type 2, she ocntracted it from someone else that has type 2, not type 1. This could have been anyone in her past, although was much more likely to have been in the week preceding her outbreak, if she has just had a primary outbreak, normally about 2-4 days before. Sometimes in women though genital herpes can go undiagnosed for years, believed to be a yeast infection or something similar. As you did not specify, it is also possible that she has been diagnosed without symptoms though a blood test. If this is the case, it really could have been caught at any time - but not from you. Even if she has had a clear screen in the past, it is no guarantee that she did not have hepres at the time - they don't test for it normally unless it is suspected.

Type 1 (oral herpes) can cause genital herpes in a partner, spread to the genitals through the practice of oral sex, but if so it causes genital herpes type 1 NOT genital herpes type 2. One CANNOT cause the other. I should know, I have genital herpes type 1 caused by my boyfriend with cold sores giving me oral sex.

One other thing - is she positive she actually has type 2? Many people make the assumption that if they have genital herpes it is type 2 and if they have oral herpes it is type 1. Howver, half of all genital hepres cases, like mine, are caused by type 1. If she has never had cold sores orally and has been given oral sex in the past, she could have caught herpes type 1 this way genitally. But this is only if she has not specifically been told what type it is by the doctor, just told it is genital herpes - if she was given a type soecific test and it was type 2 it is more likely she caught it from intercourse, but again not through you.

I think it highly likely that you only have oral cold sores, which most people catch from a kiss froma family member when they are just children, and is nothing to worry about, it is so common.

Just because she has only been with three men, doesn't mean anything. One in five men actually has type 2 genital herpes, and one in four women have it. Up to 80% of them do not realise they are infected for years, or ever, due to lack of symptoms. It is most common to catch herpes from a steady relationship - people with herpes are not infecitous alll the time so the risk increases over time and with more sex. Whether she has had three partners or three hundred has little to do with it. She has probably just been unlucky. She could have had it before you met her, and just not realised because she hasn't had the correct test.

I don't think you need to worry about telling anyone, or feel guilty. If she really has type 2, you are not the one who gave it to her. And if you only have type 1, she hasn't given it to you.

Answer 5

I am absolutely terrified and I feel so alone. I just found out last week that I tested positive for hsv1 and 2. I have been with the same man for the past 10 years and within the last year found out that he has cheated on me with numerous women. I am so scared that I can give it to my children by kissing them and them eating with me...I feel like my whole life has changed. And even though the nurses, my doctor, and websites say that a lot of people have it I still feel like I am by myself. My self esteem has dropped and I feel like I have been used up. But now, My life is very happy.

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Answer 6

i'm actual terrified and that i think so on my own. I only found out final week that I examined constructive for hsv1 and 2. I even have been with the same guy for the previous 10 years and interior the final twelve months found out that he has cheated on me with distinctive females. i'm so scared that i will supply it to my toddlers by using kissing them and them eating with me...i think like my total existence has replaced. or perhaps nonetheless the nurses, my widespread practitioner, and information superhighway sites say that an incredible style of people have it I nevertheless experience like i'm by using myself. My self-nicely worth has dropped and that i think like I even have been used up. yet now, My existence is quite chuffed. rapid performing certain Herpes therapy?

Answer 7

if your recent girlfriend has herpes and none of the others had herpes then i don't think u have to worry about the fact that u could have gotten it from your ex. u should tell your current girlfriend though because u can pass the virus onto eachother and end up having constant outbreaks. secondly it doesn't matter how decent u are,u can get herpes from just kissing someone. its your choice to tell people who u think has a right to know and the rest, well its none of their business.

Answer 8

contact the exes. they have every right to know.

Answer 9

i would definalty contact your last girl and let her know to get tested...and yes....HSV1 can transmit to HSV2