[Question #6247] Do I have HSV 1? 22 Year Old Male
70 months ago
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
70 months ago
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It is difficult to say here who gave what to whom here but if girl C had only received oral sex from two people and you were one of them, it certainly could have been from you. And I am somewhat concerned about your lip lesion but not overly concerned. The IgG test misses 30% of HSV 1 infections compared to the gold standard herpes western blot so you could have gotten a false negative, yes.
HSV 1 genital infection is only rarely transmitted via intercourse so no, it isn't a given that you have became infected genitally by partner C. Not at all. If you decide that you would like to get the herpes western blot at some point to know if you have HSV 1, you should wait 12 weeks from the timing of your sexual encounters (and I don't know what you've been doing since, either, that could put you at further risk.
Terri
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