Information and opinions on health from Chelsea at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/44652/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/44652/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/44652/index http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/44652/19887/16-herpes Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:06:00 -0500 Chelsea I am 16 years old and i was diagnosed with Genital Herpes(HSV 1) a little over a month ago. I contracted HSV 1 from my boyfriend, he had HSV 1 in his mouth and it was contracted through oral sex. If you thought that you couldnt get HSV 1 down there, think again! because thats what happened to me and it is possible. Im having to learn to live with the fact that i am 16 still a kid and now have this huge responsibility to carry around. It... http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/44652/19887/16-herpes