recent unprotected sex w/partner. i have herpes and had a breakout during sex.
he doesn't have it, but i do........i have had it for years!!!!!!! i had no clue that i had a breakout until the other day when i had a little pain. i have been on valtrex to suppress it and have been using safe sex until recently. what are his chances of contracting it?
I am not judging you when I ask this but "why were you practicing safe sex until recently? Once you have a diagnosis of herpes you do need to practice safe sex forever (a) to reduce your own exposure to herpes from someone else which can increase your viral load and (b) because you owe it to your partners to not expose them. Being on acyclovir is a tool to help minimize recurrences of active disease but it's not fool proof and you can have active virus without rashes or outbreaks.
It's impossible to predict the percentage of chance - just one exposure means a good possibility that you get herpes. I'd talk t him about it - see if he want to get IgG/IgM as far as testing and then go back to always using a condom and practicing safe sex.
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Healthgal,
Herpes is not HIV. You cannot increase your viral load. Once you have herpes, you have it and having sex with someone who also has herpes is actually the safest thing to do, provided they don't have anything else.
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