Thank you for taking the time to read my post. 4 days ago I kissed and received oral sex from a colleague at work. She had told me a few months ago that she did not get any cold sores. 3 days later she came to work with a cold sore. I asked her how she could have got that as she said she didn't get them. She said it was the first time that she's had them. I know that I wasn't the one to give her that as I have been tested in the past and it was negative for both types. What are the chances that I could get this on my lips or on my penis if at the time she had no visible sores. I know you can still transmit it during a prodrome but from What I've read it usually is up to 2 days before sores are present and this event happened 3 days before any visible sore. I'm so afraid that I may have contacted this and I have just gotten back into a relationship with an ex girlfriend so I don't want to pass anything onto her. I asked a doctor how long it takes before i can do a test and he said 2 weeks is sufficient. From what I've read it says i should wait 3 months to do a test. Is my doctor wrong? He also gave me famvir as a precaution and said it could help to kill the virus before it multiplies. I am so anxious now and am desperate for your knowledge on this.
2014-12-10 03:31:59
I think the first doctor diagnosed pityriasis rosea which is sometimes caused by a virus and looks a little like syphilis so some doctors get blood tests to be sure. (Of course it isn't an STD.) I have no idea what your stomach pain is except that it has nothing to do with your skin. Perhaps it's anxiety that you have some other problem. Pityriasis has nothing to do with weakened immune systems. I think it's highly unlikely that you're damaged in any way. I suggest you contact the dermatologist to confirm my hunch that he diagnosed pityriasis and that you see your general doctor about the stomach pain explaining that your previous skin rash has nothing to do with it. If you learn that you're OK--and you will--then I would forget the whole thing because you only get pityriasis once and in any case pityriasis doesn't cause pain or internal issues. Take care. 15:37:52 olive 2014/12/10 15:37:52 Hello Thanks for posting your query. I can understand your concern for HSV infection. Your girlfriend showed signs of herpes ( hsv 1 ) as cold sore after 3 days of giving you oral sex. For a person who has had herpes cold sores from herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) it is unlikely for HSV1 to be transmitted to the genitals through oral sex. But if someone who has never had herpes cold sores before infection with HSV1 through oral sex can result in a true primary episode of genital herpes. although HSV1 does not have genitalia as its preferred site but transmission may occur to genitalia also. Your girlfriend did not have any visible sore at that time but after 3 days cold sore appeared which means that 3 days before also active infection was brimming up. So chances of HSV 1 transmission is there. Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur they typically appear as one or more blisters. The blisters break leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Typically another outbreak can appear weeks or months after the first but it almost always is less severe and shorter than the first outbreak. When a person is exposed to a virus the body responds by developing antibodies against it. These antibodies remain in the body and help lessen or prevent the severity of reoccurrences. A blood test checks for these antibodies to the virus not the virus itself. Depending on the person and the type of test it can take from 3-4 weeks to four months after exposure to HSV for antibodies to be detected in the blood. So any blood test done prior to that time if you DO have Herpes will result in a false negative. When genital or mucocutaneous lesions are present viral culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing are recommended and PCR has been shown to be 1.5 to 4 times more sensitive than viral culture in detecting HSV infection. When lesions are absent type-specific serological tests are used. PCR detects the virus a bit early. So follow up with your doctor take the antiviral and get the tests done as prescribed. Hope that this information helps and hope that you get better soon. Wishing you good health.
2014-12-10 03:40:13
