Sunday, April 11, 2010
I have recently been diagnosed with HSV-1 on my vagina. I have been sleeping one person without a condom, so I immediately went to him to see if he has ever had any symptoms and to tell him to get tested. He denied herpes, but he told me that he has had weird "outbreaks" around his mouth, and when I asked if he ever has had a cold sore, he told me YES. He got blood work done and his results came back negative. How accurate are blood tests? Is it possible that he still has herpes and the results are a false-negative? I don't want to scare him or accuse him, but I strongly feel that he was the one to give me herpes. What should I do now?
You can get the virus through participation of oral sex. Especially since you have HSV-1, which is most commonly associated with cold sores, face and mouth area. He could have passed the virus onto you, with or without having any symptoms of a cold sore. I am currently in a relationship where we both have herpes, but neither of us had it until we were together. I get cold sores, and anytime I start to have a break out at all I cease all sexual activity involving my mouth on her. Though we were careful I still passed it onto her sometime when I did not have an outbreak. I then contracted it to her, and now we both have the virus on our genitals. his tests should be pretty accurate, but something this serious would be worth getting tests ran for the second time. Regardless if you do, if you have the virus and he does not, you can spread it to him. There is several ways to have the virus spread, do some research and give yourself more knowledge and understanding.