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So I just found out on Friday that I have Genital Herpes. My wife has Oral Herpes - has had it since forever. We've always been careful to not do anything if there's an active breakout, but no idea if this is something from her or someone else from years ago. I went to the Dermatologist to confirm what I was thinking it was at the time. I had an itch that was pretty annoying for 3 days before I decided to shave and see what was going on. Took them a brief moment, "Yup, this is herpes." I made them do a swab test so I could know exactly which type - 1 or 2. Still awaiting the results. Got the initial Rx for Anti-Viral. I do feel fortunate however to be in a great relationship and we already have all of the children we wanted. At least, however, I can make sure they're educated on this - assuming no vaccine arrives in the next 3-5 years, on how to be safe and smart with Sex, etc. Overall my symptoms were a somewhat of an annoyance, but overall, they were pretty minor. I've take photos each morning and evening to track the progress. So far, going on day 5, there are no more blisters and the skin looks to be settling down and healing, still an occasional itchiness, but nothing more than what a mosquito bite would be like - if even that bad. The biggest support has been able to just talk to my wife about it and to have her comfort, understanding and help. I can definitely see why for most the psychological effects are way worse than anything else. Stupid society gives these 'cute' names to the other forms of herpes - Chickenpox, Cold Sores, Mono (The Kissing Disease), Shingles. Somehow they skipped this one, should be Love Bumps. But alas, it instead stigmatizes the general population which inadvertently creates this absolutely idiotic and counter-productive silence and mis-information around it. Looking forward to hopefully having less frequent and less severe breakouts in the future. A few questions to end with: 1) In the event this is HSV-2, and my wife has HSV-1, how likely would she be to contract this as well? I already know that if I end up with HSV-1 and she already has that, there's nothing to worry about. 1A) We have no intention of using condoms for sex - Is daily anti-viral the only way to go to significantly reduce any contraction of it? 1B) If I covered up the outbreak, whether it be with underwear or some type of medical gauze, etc. would it still be possible for me to infect her if not on anti-virals? 2) If she did contract HSV-2 from me, since she already has HSV-1, would her symptoms be extremely mild? Or does that not play any part into it? 3) Would the location of the initial outbreak be the point at which the virus initially entered her skin? Or is it just anywhere in the lower torso region?