[Question #13593] HSV help
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3 hours ago
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1. tested negative for both types on western blot after a concerning encounter. Recently kissed someone, closed mouth, that has confirmed oral cold sores and plan on continuing kissing this person, although for now just closed mouth. If I decided to do another Western Blot and it was positive for HSV1, this would almost certainly be an oral infection correct, even if I don’t develop symptoms? No unprotected sex or oral sex after negative WB. Should I be worried about late seroconversion that first WB didn’t pick up?
2. I have a bad habit of picking at my lips and was picking at my lips the other night. I then scratched the top of my foot because it was itching. I’m concerned that if I’m infected from kissing this person that I will now have an infection on my foot from autoinoculation that could possibly show up genitally due to invervation of the foot and the genitals? I didn’t have any cuts or scrapes from scratching, but worry about small tears.
3. Can people truly be infected and never develop symptoms?
