I am a heterosexual male with a prior history of HSV-1 infection (oral herpes). This occurred 4 years ago. Never had an outbreak except for the initial one.

Last night I received brief oral sex from a female partner who, I realized later, had a very small sore on her upper lip. It was almost completely healed and definitely not scabbing or oozing. I asked her and she said she has gotten cold sores ever since she was a child. She takes valacyclovir as soon as she feels her lips tingling and in this particular instance the cold sore she had was over a week old. 

The oral sex she performed was brief and I immediately washed afterwards but I am obviously concerned.

Any advice?

In addition, if this woman takes valacyclovir AND the outbreak is a week old, there is unlikely to virus around to infect you at that point.

My suggestion would be to simply observe (not focus like a laser!) your penis for the next week or so and if you get any concerning skin changes, have it checked out.  I seriously doubt that you will!

Terri

I was reading through some of the previous posts and you mention that in your many years you've only seen one person with Oral HSV-1 get Genital HSV-1. Would I fall into the vast majority of people who are unlikely to be infected this way?

Aside from observing, should I assume everything will be okay and relax?

Terri