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Please read this passage because I was wondering the same thing   Can I get genital herpes from oral sex? Genital herpes can be transmitted through oral sex even if there are no signs of obvious sores and lesions. In silent symptoms (asymtomatic) the person poses a high risk of transmitting the virus. It is dangerous to have oral sex even during the early signs of genital herpes outbreak. The virus (herpes simplex virus Type 2) is not only transmitted via sexual contact but also through oral sex and people with oral herpes (HSV-1) can also transmit the virus to another. These two different viruses can be passed on to another and therefore causing to have different types of viruses in your body. The person with cold sores or lip sores can spread the virus through oral sex activity. The risk of transmission can happen during exchanges of bodily fluids resulting from intimate encounters by oral, anal, genital intercourse, masturbation, kissing, or any direct skin-to-skin contact.Can I get genital herpes from oral sex? Genital herpes and oral herpes can be transmitted to the genitals, and vice versa. Both oral and genital herpes can recur from time to time. Some people have 4 recurrences in a year, while other people have them rarely or it may be no recurrences at all. If you are having genital herpes or cold sore, you should see a doctor even you don't find any symptoms in you. There are tests that can prove that you may be carrying the virus with the absence of symptoms. Previous tests are done by visual inspection, however PCR (viral culture) and serology (blood tests) are two tests that are currently used. During PCR test the doctor will look at the area, take a sample from the affected area and tested in the lab under the microscope to see if the herpes virus is present. Blood tests is effective in making distinctions which type of HSV virus is affecting the patient.
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