I am fairly sure I recently acquired Oral HSV-2. I had an outbreak episode on my face and my butt and the one on my face is way more convincing. neither were that great of examples of herpes tbh, but I got an IGG test result of 11.7 so I am fairly sure one of them was an outbreak... anyway, I keep asking Drs if I can give it by a hug, and they all say no, but when I ask why, they generally say something like there isn't enough friction or there isn't long enough contact which I find not terribly convincing when their are studies that say a short kiss is enough to spread it. what does too much friction even mean? how long is long enough to expose? what about a very aggressive hug, can that spread Oral HSV 2? I find it very very hard to find information on oral HSV-2 in general. whenever I ask a question about it, people generally tell me it doesn't exist or is very very very rare and then don't give additional information. to clarify, my question is how easy is it to pass HSV-2 orally within the context of Kissing, cuddling, hugging, or giving head? if you have any recourses on oral HSV-2 in general that would be great. 

I would definitely not assume that anything on your face is HSV 2.  Facial HSV 2 is quite uncommon.  If you think something is an outbreak, either genital or oral, you should have it swab tested to determine the accuracy of your impression.  A hug will not transmit HSV 2.  Cuddling will not transmit HSV 2.  If you have it orally, which we do not know, giving oral sex to someone else could transmit the virus yes.  A short kiss will not transmit oral HSV 2.  A passionate kiss might, but unlikely.  You are making assumptions that may well not be accurate.  You need swab testing of facial lesions to be sure.---

Hm... Maybe I freaked out a little too much, is there a reason my IGG was so high? A lot of people online that I really to say their antibody counts are in the 5-7 range, does it mean anything that mine is so high? It also went up really fast. Over the course of one month, it went from .95 to 11.7. I also would like to thank your for this service. I was a bit panicked when I wrote the original question, and I think my original post comes off as stressed and rude. I am also frustrated with the contradictory information I am Getting from Drs.

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Yeah, it was exactly 3 months after my exposure I got tested. Its really rough, the exposure was like 2 minutes, I guess I could have gotten it while we were cuddling... That was longer exposure. It just feels weird because we weren't doing sexual things with much genital to genital contact. 

It is also worth noting that we used a condom when we did anal (I'm gay so that's how it be) and I couldn't get it to loosen up so we stopped and switched to oral. He also wasn't having an outbreak and he is the only guy I did anything with at the time... Ig If I didn't get it orally I am confused on what my exposure was.

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