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HSV2 oral symptom

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Yoke
Yoke

This is a serious question... Please don't make fun of me. About 10 years ago, I had severe gum irritation, that made me not being able to brush my teeth. When I went to see a doctor, he looked at my gum and did the swab screening. I don't remember if he actually tested or not, but he said I have herpes. Now my wife was diagnosed by genital herpes (the type test hasn't come yet, but the Drs are guessing its type 2 because of the severity). We've been married for 6 years, and this is the first time my wife is having a symptom. Stupid me, I didn't think my oral HSV was that big of a deal since I have never had cold sores or recurrences. Neither of us had any extramarital relationships. The only thing I can think of is that I had some mild pain when I urinated probably a months or so ago before my wife started to get the symptom. And I remember that before I started to experience the pain, I spat on my hand when I masturbated. That was the only time I've done it, and never before. Is it possible that I transmitted oral hsv to genital myself?

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  • FelizCastus
    FelizCastus Yoke

    Posted

    Better you just test yourself for HSV1/2 IgG to see which type you carry, if any. Pity you aren't very sure about the tests you had done years ago. Chances are you have Type 1, if oral, in which case your wife may have genital Type 1, not 2.

    • Yoke
      Yoke FelizCastus

      Posted

      Thanks for the response. The dr didn't do the blood test. Even with the swab test, he didn't give me follow up calls. rolleyes

  • paige76933
    paige76933 Yoke

    Posted

    Your HSV1 can't turn into her HSV2. Not possible. I contracted HSV from a guy who NEVER had an outbreak in his life - he still hasn't! But somehow I got it. Stress and unhealthy lifestyles seems to trigger an outbreak. Is she stressing more than normal?

    • Yoke
      Yoke paige76933

      Posted

      Thanks for the response. I'm not saying type I turns into type 2. My main question is that if I have oral type 2, can I transmit it to my genital through my spit? Or is it possible that I actually had type 2 before the marriage any the only time I noticed the symptom was a month or so prior to the onset of her symptom? I really don't recall having pain during urination before that happened.

    • paige76933
      paige76933 Yoke

      Posted

      Yes type 1 can be transferred to the genitalia area.
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Yoke

      Posted

      Type 2 is not common orally. If you truly have it orally, then you likely have it genitally as well, but impossible to confirm without an outbreak to swab. I suspect you only have oral Type 1. An IgG test should sort the matter out for you. Also, your wife was presumably swabbed, so find out which type she has. As for your transmission question, it's most unlikely.

    • jane80952
      jane80952 FelizCastus

      Posted

      But it is very possible you have her type 1 genitally through oral sex, if you performed that. See my next post (delayed b/c I included a link to a study regarding transmissibility of type 1 from oral location).
    • Yoke
      Yoke FelizCastus

      Posted

      Thanks for the response. The only time I was diagnosed with oral herpes was about 10 years ago. I have never had a cold sores up to this point. Is it possible that I had type2 oral and genital both at the same time, but never had general ob till now? 10 or more years later I get mild ob for the first time?
  • jane80952
    jane80952 Yoke

    Posted

    Type 1 is very present and transmittable from saliva and other oral material, even in the absence of symptoms:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17703961/?i=6&from=/11154417/related

    If you already have antibody to type 1 from an oral infection, but were not infected at genital location, there is less chance you'd transmit it to yourself in the uninfected location. But I think it's possible. It's more likely, if you gave it to her in her genital area, that oral sex is the culprit.

    I would have both her and you typed. That will help you assess how likely she is to have recurrences genitally, which I would think is the main concern.

    • Yoke
      Yoke jane80952

      Posted

      Thank you. My wife's dr. was saying that my wife most likely have type2 due to the severe symptom. I did perform oral sex last time we had sex. But I've done that multilple times before and never caused any problems. One of the websites I read said that type 2 oral symptom is milder and recurrence is less often than type 1. I don't know if it's true. All I had was a severe gum iritation about 10 years ago. Nothing after that until I felt burning sensation during urination, and that lasted for much less than a week (I don't remember exactly how many days). I never noticed sores nor pain prior to that. I had a jock itch and pimple looking thing before, but never sores.

    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Yoke

      Posted

      I hope your wife's doctor did a swab test. It is not sufficient to just look at it, and visually the two types look the same, yet type matters, so it's useful to know for sure. Genital Type 1 often causes worse first outbreaks, from what I've read and have observed here. You both need to confirm your HSV type. My money is on Type 1.

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