Question:
Hey everyone,
So, I was kissing a girl last night and then she started to bleed from her mouth. She told me she had herpes and I was unsure whether I could have gotten it from blood to mouth. She said she wasn't having an outbreak, but from what I've read she could have just not felt any symptoms. I have a geographical tongue which means there are crop circle like rings on my tongue that's been there for a while; when ever I eat fruit or something it shows (don't know if that's considered an open "wound").

Any help and any knowledge will be greatly appreciated, I'm very worried and am welcoming any advice!

Thanks!

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herpes is not a blood disease; you cannot get it from blood; however, you could get it from mouth to mouth contact. did she tell you before you started kissing her or after she started bleeding? Not that that matters for contracting herpes, just wondering if she was honest before any physical contact was made.

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herpes is not a blood disease; you cannot get it from blood; however, you could get it from mouth to mouth contact. did she tell you before you started kissing her or after she started bleeding? Not that that matters for contracting herpes, just wondering if she was honest before any physical contact was made. ah thanks, you have no idea how much stress you've just taken off my shoulders. yes, she did tell me she had herpes before we started to kiss.

if she never had a cold sore or anything like that, would it be possible for me to get herpes from kissing her that night?

thanks again!

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yes, still possible to have contracted herpes from her that night. People who have oral herpes are contagious a certain percentage of the time (different for every individual) when NO COLDSORES are present. Some people carry the virus and will never get a coldsore but still can spread the virus on from mouth to mouth contact or mouth to genital contact if they happen to be contagious at the time unknowingly. Most people who carry the virus and have never had a coldsore arent aware they are still contagious some of the time and might not even know they have it, which is why it spreads so rapidly. So, there is a chance you contracted oral herpes from her(kissing is a risk regardless of coldsore present or not with someone who has oral herpes) and it has nothing to do with the blood.........its skin to skin contact and more likely with open mucous membranes(mouth, genitals, etc)

so there is a chance you could have got it, but theres also a chance you didnt. Have you ever been tested for hsv 1 and 2 via blood, because theres a good chance you already have it and dont know. Id get a test via blood if you are that worried.....and also get tested in the future(good practice for anyone sexually active, not just based on this one potential exposure)

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yes, still possible to have contracted herpes from her that night. People who have oral herpes are contagious a certain percentage of the time (different for every individual) when NO COLDSORES are present. Some people carry the virus and will never get a coldsore but still can spread the virus on from mouth to mouth contact or mouth to genital contact if they happen to be contagious at the time unknowingly. Most people who carry the virus and have never had a coldsore arent aware they are still contagious some of the time and might not even know they have it, which is why it spreads so rapidly. So, there is a chance you contracted oral herpes from her(kissing is a risk regardless of coldsore present or not with someone who has oral herpes) and it has nothing to do with the blood.........its skin to skin contact and more likely with open mucous membranes(mouth, genitals, etc)

so there is a chance you could have got it, but theres also a chance you didnt. Have you ever been tested for hsv 1 and 2 via blood, because theres a good chance you already have it and dont know. Id get a test via blood if you are that worried.....and also get tested in the future(good practice for anyone sexually active, not just based on this one potential exposure) Alright well I'll just not hook up with her again. She called her gynaecologist and he said that I was at no risk. She said that she has never had herpes in the mouth but only in the genitals.

I haven't ever been tested for hsv 1 and 2 via blood. I will try to asap, i haven't shown any of the signs and I've never had an outbreak.

Thanks for your help!

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oh, lol, sorry I thought she had ORAL herpes, if she has GENITAL herpes, then you were put at NO risk by having contact with just her mouth. Sorry, I assumed she had oral by your post and worries.

oh and as a side note....almost half of people who have herpes have no clue because they too have never had any signs or symptoms ever, so have no reasons to suspect it. Its a silent virus and affects millions and does not ever need to give a symptom, or anything people who are uneducated about it assume is necessary to be herpes. Thousands of people have it and never will get anything even resembling a blister, or stages it can go through ever, but still have herpes......myself included :)

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Well what her doc said was that she had oral herpes but she only has herpes on her genitals. one of the guys she was messing around with had it on his mouth and gave it to her from mouth to genital contact. am i still at risk?

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when oral herpes spreads to the genitals, it's called genital herpes. The oral part and genital part are for where you get it. What her doc prolly meant is that she has HSV1 (which is more commonly found in the oral location) on her genitals. If she doesn't have that in her mouth there is no risk in kissing her mouth. You would have to give her oral sex to catch it from her orally, or if you had regular sex, you could catch it genitally. If you didn't kiss her bits your mouth shouldn't have it, unless... you are HSV1+ already! A lot of people are.

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when oral herpes spreads to the genitals, it's called genital herpes. The oral part and genital part are for where you get it. What her doc prolly meant is that she has HSV1 (which is more commonly found in the oral location) on her genitals. If she doesn't have that in her mouth there is no risk in kissing her mouth. You would have to give her oral sex to catch it from her orally, or if you had regular sex, you could catch it genitally. If you didn't kiss her bits your mouth shouldn't have it, unless... you are HSV1+ already! A lot of people are. Thanks for clearing things up for me!