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Q: If you have been diagnosed with herpes but have had no outbreaks. Can you spread it through oral sex to yourself when you have oral sex with ur partner after they had sex with you?
HSV-2 (genital) lives in the lower spine and doesn't settle in the upper spine causing oral herpes. However HSV-1 (oral ) can live in either the upper or lower spine. You can't re-infect yourself twice. You can infect your partner if he is unifected with or without any visible outbreaks. Check this site out: http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/giving-your-partner-herpes/.
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