Does having unprotected sex with another herpes suffer cause an outbreak

That's a good question! I've always wondered about catching different strains of this infection from other people. The tv show "The Dr's" said you don't have to worry about it but i disagreed even then when i saw the clip.

If there are different strains of the flu, cold etc then I'm inclined to think there are different strains of this thing...

Ugh...i don't wanna catch a super strain of this mess...

So are you saying you only had unprotected sex twice with HSV sufferers and both times you had an outbreak. Or did you have unprotected sex multiple times but 2 of the multiple times you have an outbreak??

some people experience outbreaks with sex alone, no matter if they are protected or not, or if they do it with sufferers. That being said (and I can't just not say it), having herpes make you a lot more at risk to catch anything else, especially HIV. Blood, semen, fluids can carry the virus and sores takes a lot of the immune cells to heal (even a long time after they are gone) so your body almost never has its full power to fight back. Why would you risk that? I can't stress enough that you already have something that can't be cured, unlike other sexually transmitted deceases, and this one make you a very big and flashy target for any other deceases, some that can be cured, some that can't... Please, protect yourself, even with a partner that has herpes too.

Already answered this (you posted the same thing elsewhere).