Monday, February 13, 2012

Can I Transmit Herpes Through Kissing?

I was just diagnosed with HSV 2.  Can I pass HSV2 by kissing someone or by giving oral sex? Can I give it to someone just by rubbing body parts together (what they call dry humping) without having sex?  I am now on Valtrex, what else can I use besides condoms to prevent transmission? &nbs...
Anonymous
Anonymous
12/13/07 9:25pm

I was just recently diagnosed as well with HSV 2 and I'm afraid to pass it to my son. Please tell me what are my chances of passing this disease to my son. If I should kiss him on the lips or on the cheek? This is taking a toll on my life as a single mom.

 

 

w.b

Sincerly,

 

Worried Mom

12/21/07 1:56am
I am living with herpes for 8 years old and become a member of herpes dating site http://herpesmates.com/. at first I would only date people that already had it, but now I have the courage to have 'The Talk' and have been very successful, all of this has been because of the support and friendship I received from the site and still continue to receive. The stigma itself is FAR FAR worse than the disease itself, its just a minor skin condition...
12/21/07 1:57am
I am living with herpes for 8 years old and become a member of herpes dating site http://herpesmates.com/. at first I would only date people that already had it, but now I have the courage to have 'The Talk' and have been very successful, all of this has been because of the support and friendship I received from the site and still continue to receive. The stigma itself is FAR FAR worse than the disease itself, its just a minor skin condition...
12/29/07 10:00am

Furious This is no way to meet people. Support groups can be ok but not these dating sites. You don't know the people that join and I wouldn't trust anyone on any kind of dating site anyway! Why are people so willing to trust the internet? I was abducted due to this so called internet trust and wouldn't want it to happen to anyone else. Be careful of these sites!

As for kissing, yes, it is possible to transmit, even though rare since saliva contains virus when you are shedding it.

1/ 4/12 8:49pm

I have been following your advise reply's to the comments for awhile now, and I have a question. Here goes:I am a male and met this really nice woman, we got to know each other for over a year, for any sex, she was honest with me told me she had contracted HVS2. One of the things I liked about her over all was her being honest about that not wanting me to catch it. Here's the question is it possible to have a  long term sexual relationship with her and not contract the HVS2 from her, i read alot about the shedding, sweating, i really need to know because I do love her and i know it wasn't really her fault she contracted it, since she was in a committed long trem relationship at the time. Is what i'm asking even possible even with the use of condoms, dental am's and so forth.

1/31/12 8:54pm

I just receintly found out two years ago that i was diagnosed with HSV-2.I was indenial about it and had not received any treated for my condition and was very hurt about it.it was passed on to me from my boyfriend of three years and what hurts the most is that he denies it and i know without a doubt that he has it and he passed it on to me.i am now on Valtrex, and the medicine is working very slowly through my body although i haven't had any break out or irritations to my body until know but very minor a very small bump in my head and it ithche's just a little bit.and a itch all over my body, like a little itch here and little itch there, it's very minor.the only thing is now is that i don't want to be with anybody right now because when the time comes to share my condition it's gonna hurt me and my partner if theirs love and care there.please give me some incouragement and feed back about this thanks and god bless to all with HSV-2 and 1, and God bless and keep praying and asking god for healing.

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