After initial contact is there always an outbreak or can Herpes lay dormant and the outbreak occur

It does not mater whenyou get tested, as for many people the same thought of going to the doctor is more then enough to put you off, and then what do you do if the results say yes. how do you tell your boyfriend. Well he may have been the one to give it to you. Apparently you can only catch it when there is an outbreak between sexually active couples, or casual sex. I do not know what it looks like on men, only females.No I am not gay, this is saying nothing except I have never seen a mans penis with herpies.

If you do not get the test done soon and you have an outbreak, the pictures are enough to make you ill, as they can slowly spread all over your body.

Yes you can have more then one outbreak, it depends how you react to HSV and how you got it. The stress of not knowing can bring on hvs, when ever you get stressed. Other people maybe once, but most onlythe first out break. They get treated straight away.

Plus the law says you can not have sex with anyone, and even after they are gone, hsv2 people must always tell the other person brfore sex they have hsv2. It is called disclousre of infected dieases, failing to do so, hsv2 carries  a dna, and can be traced back to you.

Plus the worst thing, if you are a chef, bar person, waiter, kitchen hand, anything to do with food, you can no longer work there. As in your blood you carry an infected dieases.

when you feel safe, go and get it done.

It's possible for it to always lay dormant without visible symptoms. This is how 1 out of 5 people in american carry this, 80% of them without ever knowing.

Best thing to do is go get tested. that's the only way you'll know for sure. And telling your partner will be difficult, but it's possible they have it (in which case there really isn't much to worry about) or they don't and you contracted it from a previous relationship.

Either way your partner should respect your concern for their health/safety and repsect you for it. If they don't then they are not a strong enough person for you to be with. Three out of four of those conversations over the last 8 years have ended well for me, and I am now in a very happy commited relationship with a wonderful woman. If the one before her (who didn't want to pursue the relationship due to my condition) hadn't reacted her way, I never would have met who I consider to be "the one" :)