Question:
Also, is it possible to transmit the virus to someone through french kissing if you don't get the tingly itchy feeling or have visible sores on your face? I have a friend who doesn't get symptoms either and she is freaking out that she may transmit it if she kisses someone with no active sores or signs that one is coming....................when they say it can get transmitted from infected saliva, does infected saliva mean when you have a sore or warning symptoms that one is coming on?

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Herpes is a skin disease so you have to have skin to skin contact in order to get it. So yes you can transmit it through kissing if someone has a visible cold sore, however, it's not in saliva (but if you're kissing I would assume that would come into play LOL). Anyway, a person is definitely shedding the disease if you see the cold sore however the time right before the cold sore appears, most usually get prodromal symptoms (tingling sensations etc.) they are also shedding as well. If the person is not experiencing a cold sore or the prodromal symptoms than that person will most likely not pass it on to other people. Yes, there are times when we shed without those symptoms but those days are few and far between which is why the best way to keep from spreading it is to abstain from kissing during an outbreak.

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PHEW! I was so afraid to even kiss my own husband after finding out. I read on some websites that the infected saliva of a positive hsv1 person can transmit the virus, but I guess you can't believe everything you read on all websites. Thank you for sharing this information with me. I am here for you too if you need me.




Herpes is a skin disease so you have to have skin to skin contact in order to get it. So yes you can transmit it through kissing if someone has a visible cold sore, however, it's not in saliva (but if you're kissing I would assume that would come into play LOL). Anyway, a person is definitely shedding the disease if you see the cold sore however the time right before the cold sore appears, most usually get prodromal symptoms (tingling sensations etc.) they are also shedding as well. If the person is not experiencing a cold sore or the prodromal symptoms than that person will most likely not pass it on to other people. Yes, there are times when we shed without those symptoms but those days are few and far between which is why the best way to keep from spreading it is to abstain from kissing during an outbreak.

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Herpes is definitely NOT transmitted through saliva, semen, or any other bodily fluid, only through direct contact with the sores. My doctor put emphasis on broken skin inparticular, that if a sore touches a cut or rash or something that it's much easier to transmit. It's also possible to reinfect yourself if you touch a sore then touch somewhere else on your body, so if you touch one of the sores make sure you wash your hands ASAP.

It's always possible, thought highly improbably, that you can transmit the virus when there are no symptoms (only like a 4-5% chance). I wouldn't worry about it much though. I'd hate to have a panic attack instead of enjoying a kiss with my boyfriend ;)

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I am confused because my primary care doctor said with HSV1 - he was like "what do you think oral means"? He claims it is possible to pass it through french kissing with no symptoms and that he wasn't sure what the % rate was since there was really no study done on it. Most people I know that get cold sores tell me the same thing you told me. I've read on plenty of websites that oral hsv1 can be transmitted from the infected persons saliva if the other partner is hsv1 negative. I agree, I would rather kiss my hubby than have a panic attack. Thank you for trying to help me calm down. :-) I just found out about this 2 weeks ago. I never even knew a cold sore was herpes until they told me I had it. I am still new and trying to learn as much about this as I can. Thanks for your input. It is appreciated. I am here for you too. :-)



Herpes is definitely NOT transmitted through saliva, semen, or any other bodily fluid, only through direct contact with the sores. My doctor put emphasis on broken skin inparticular, that if a sore touches a cut or rash or something that it's much easier to transmit. It's also possible to reinfect yourself if you touch a sore then touch somewhere else on your body, so if you touch one of the sores make sure you wash your hands ASAP.

It's always possible, thought highly improbably, that you can transmit the virus when there are no symptoms (only like a 4-5% chance). I wouldn't worry about it much though. I'd hate to have a panic attack instead of enjoying a kiss with my boyfriend ;)

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I'm sure you can pass it through french kissing, but it's not your saliva that passes it -- it's skin-to-skin contact. When you french kiss, you touch skin. Therefore, you can pass it that way. Like Mya said, i wouldn't worry too much about transmission when you're not having an outbreak, because there's very little chance and you'd have to give up kissing COMPLETELY in order to avoid that chance. Your husband would just need to understand that there IS a possibility he can get it, however small.

And please keep in mind that doctors don't always know everything. Mine told me i couldn't get genital HSV from oral sex, and she was WRONG!