Question:
1) Can you have oral sex without condoms or dental dams? (When I find someone, or my partner figures out if he wants to stay with me, I would still like to recieve it and give it!)

2) How long is a while when people say “Is this your initial outbreak or have you had it for a while?” (I cant tell, because maybe the symptoms were so mild they went unnoticed before?)

3) Can a man get herpes on his genitals if a woman with HSV! performs oral sex on him? If so could he then transfer it to me, therefore I get HSV2? (Just wondering)

4) How long do the antibodies actually take to enter your body and show accurately on a blood test.

5) Does it matter what kind of blood test you get?


Thank you for any answers or insight.

Answer:
Anyone with any answers? Please help!

Answer:
I'll try to answer your questions.

The virus hsv1 or hsv2 enters your body and this causes your body to develop antibodies to fight the virus. Antibodies are a good thing they are part of your immune system's response to pathogens. Antibody production begins as soon as the body recognizes the enemy (in this case hsv). This is not instantaneous it is like putting an army together. Initially your immune system doesn't know what to do but as time passes , usually 8-16 weeks, antibody production is high enough to fight the virus and to show in a blood test. Some people have a stronger immune response and the antibodies register sooner and for some people it takes longer than 16 weeks.

Hsv1 and Hsv2 can infect any area of the body. They are two specifically different viruses. They are not called different names because of the location of the infection. Hsv1 can infect you orally or genitally and hsv2 can infect you orally or genitally. There is a higher frequency of infections of hsv1 orally as opposed to hsv2 which is more frequently a genital infection. Regardless of the virus you are infected with you can pass it to someone else by skin to skin contact with infected areas.

If you have an active genital ob you can infect your partner orally if they perform oral sex on you regardless of whether it is hsv1 or hsv2. It is far more likely to pass it during an ob but it can be spread without the signs or symptoms of an ob.

If you have an oral infection and you perform oral sex on someone they can contract the infection just as above but it would infect them genitally.

The blood test is to determine if you are infected and can show which strand of the virus you have. The more reliable test is the Herpeselect or the Western Blot. The result you are looking for is the IgG. Testing too soon can result in a false negative test.

If you and your partner agree to oral sex then you can do this but you should realize there is a risk of transferring it with or without condoms etc. The same goes for sexual intercourse.