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Hello im ttrying to gain knowledge on herpes type 1. ive heard from statistics that 50%-80% of people have been exposed to this virus and its not even considered an std. I also know that this is a permanent viral infection and it can be transfered to the genitals. however when the hsv1 virus is transfered to the genitals would u have reocurance of breakouts on the genitals or just the first one then on the mouth. also if i had an hsv1 cold soar on my lip and lets say some of the virus got transfered to an open pimple or somthing on my forehead. would i have future breakouts on my forehead of hsv1?

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Also ive found a website that says that when oral herpes hsv 1 is contracted on the genitals there will be an average of about 1 reocurant outbreak a year or even less and that it is not a big deal at all. is this true? Have any of u contracted hsv 1 on ure genitals?

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Also ive found a website that says that when oral herpes hsv 1 is contracted on the genitals there will be an average of about 1 reocurant outbreak a year or even less and that it is not a big deal at all. is this true? Have any of u contracted hsv 1 on ure genitals? I'm 99% sure that I have genital HSV1. I found out I had HSV when I was 21 (I'm 29 now) but I never found out what kind...

I'm only speculating... but because I only get super mild outbreaks and very infrequently.... thats one reason...

But this could just be because I have an extremely healthy diet/no stress/workout a lot, etc.

The other reason I think that mine is HSV1 is that I can't for the LIFE of me figure out how I got it.

I had been dating a girl faithfully for 2 years and then one day I had an outbreak... I know people say that you can have it for years and not know it, but I'm sure this was my first outbreak cause I would have noticed something like that.. and also I KNOW that 99% of the time if you are infected you have an OB like 2 days later...

Anyway...

After years of thinking about it off and on, and researching..

I'm pretty sure that I probably gave it to myself. I thought I had never had a cold sore because I thought of cold sores as these BIG ugly lesions that I saw on some people...

I NEVER had anything like that, but like most teenagers I had mild acne here and there, and sometimes I would get zits right on the edge of my lip... They were so small and so tiny that I didn't think they were cold sores because my image of a cold sore was the big honkin lesions that some people got..

Anyway... I think I probably picked at what I thought was a pimple but was a HSV blister and then transferred it to myself from masturbating.

Just a theory though...

Of course this begs the question... Some people hate the person who gave it to them.... Should I hate myself? lol... :wink:

:lol: :lol:

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well thats kinda reassuring. this was my first sexual experence and i read that herpes soars are vivsible when ure erect or not. also i have been more stressed now than ever in my life. ive been so paranoid and its caused my facial acne to breakout quite a bit but i have no other breakout downtown. i am very physicicly active. (tennis, weightlifting, track) but i probobly have the worst diet ever. I have a feeling that im safe but i dont wanna transfer the coldsoar onmy mouth to my penis or my eyes or anything like that.