about herpes - Herpes Message Board

gymee · 05-08-2006, 04:03 PM

alright, about a year and a half ago i had protected sex, 1 time (i know 1 time is all it takes) with a questionable female. At 3 months and at 6 months i had std/sti tests for the major ones like hiv and others, and they all came back negative. I thought up till now that the bloodtest was also for hsv-2 genital herpes, but I found out today after phoning the center that they only do herpes tests as a viral cultural on the sores. To my knowledge I have never had any sores on or around my penis, and I never thought anything about herpes. My new girlfriend (of 8 months now), developed a cold soar on her lip about 1 month after we first started having oral sex, but she says she has regularly had cold sores all her life. This is what has me worried. I could deal with knowing i had it but I couldn't deal with knowing I gave it to her. Do hospitals and clinics do tests for herpes in ways other than the viral cultural? I am a canadian resident if that means anything. Thank you all for your help, God bless.

keepsgoin · 05-08-2006, 08:57 PM

I can't imagine that you couldn't get a blood test for herpes in Canada but I don't know for sure. As far as the cold sore your GF got, I'm sure it's just a normal cold sore for her since she's always had them...I'd be more afraid that she would give you genital herpes from her cold sore...don't have oral sex as long as she has that cold sore because she can give you genital herpes if you do! If you have no herpes symptoms then really and truely, I wouldn't worry about having herpes since you only had sex once and you used a condom at that. Chances are slim to none that you got herpes from that one time of protected sex unless maybe if you saw sores on the woman.