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hannah_20398
hannah_20398

I have recently been told I have genital herpes. I have only ever been with 1 person sexually. Have I definetely gotten it from them? Is there any other possible way I could have gotten it?

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  • jj22795
    jj22795 hannah_20398

    Posted

    If you have ONLY been with 1 person...and have genital herpes, yes that one person is the only person that could have given it to you....now to be real technical...because herpes is transmitted skin to skin, if you ONLY HAD sex with 1 person BUT have been rubbing genital areas with "others" (idk why w/o intervourse BUT) and one of the "others" have HSV 1 or 2 in the genitals, they to, can transmit the disease....

    However, are you sure you have genital herpes?

    Type of testing did you take? How were you diagnosed?

    • hannah_20398
      hannah_20398 jj22795

      Posted

      There has literally only been one person. I was not exactly tested for herpes they just kind of assumed that's what was wrong so I took their word for it, they never even done a swab.

    • jj22795
      jj22795 hannah_20398

      Posted

      Definitely get an IgG test, you'll have to requests this, you don't want and IgM test... unless you have what you think may be a symptom (lesion, blister, etc ) swan for accurate result...

  • Livelife
    Livelife hannah_20398

    Posted

    No if its type 2 then yes you probably would of caught it first time

    but if its type one it could of been from touching someones mouth or touched something someones mouth has touched with type one then touched down below

    I say get tested i mean doctors see it all the time but they could also be wrong get a bloody test

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