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Sunday, December 07, 2008 paige1 asks

Q: can he catch herpes this way???

i have genital herpes and my partner doesnt ....i was wondering if he has oral sex with me can he catch the virus...he only really licks the clit and im not having an outbreak and when i do have an outbreak its only one sore and its nowhere near the clit...im just confused about the whole virus itself

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Amy Hendel, Health Guide
12/ 7/08 11:43pm

Yes he can catch the herpes virus that way and even if you do not have the lesion visible you may still unfortunately have active herpes.  Read up more on herpes (and take your time to completely digest the information) at "Find" on this site.

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By paige1— Last Modified: 12/24/10, First Published: 12/07/08