[Question #1643] Specific oral to genital question
96 months ago
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I am a male who was recently very lightly kissed on the penis by someone who is not currently symptomatic but who has hsv 1 and had signs of oral hsv in the past. By lightly kissed I mean a single peck type kiss on the glans penis (not the meatus- the side of the glans). I definitely do not have antibodies for hsv 1 because i was tested recently and discovered that. What is my likelihood of getting an infection from that and is there anything I should do now (2 days later) to lessen the risk?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
96 months ago
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The likelihood of getting infected from that contact is just zero. It takes far more contact than that to acquire herpes.
And as for your HSV 1 status - the IgG test misses about 30% of HSV 1 infection, compared to the gold standard western blot, so you may not be infected with HSV 1, but unfortunately, due to a sub-standard test, we simply cannot be certain.
Terri
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And as for your HSV 1 status - the IgG test misses about 30% of HSV 1 infection, compared to the gold standard western blot, so you may not be infected with HSV 1, but unfortunately, due to a sub-standard test, we simply cannot be certain.
Terri
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