I was recently diagnosed with genital hsv1. At least that is what I assume it is. Let me start this long story. My boyfriend and I have been together for alost a year now. Before him I was with this guy who said he was clean for all stds. My boyfriend also got tested recently for stds (maybe three months ago) and he was clean for herpes. We recently just had oral sex. About a month ago. And he moved to Atlanta for work. When i went to visit he was sick because of the cold weather but we had sex. Two days later a rash appeared onmy vagina. At first i thought it was that we were too rough but then when I examined it I noticed there were bumps. When I got back home I went to the doctor (one week later) and he says that it looks like herpes and he took swabs. The next day I immediately went ond got blood and urine tests for all stds. I got the results back yesterday and it says my antibodies for hsv1 is >5. My boyfriend is going to get tested so i dont know his results yet but I ahve so many questions:
1) he said his ex has had cold sores before but I don't know the extent of their sexual relations because I read it is hard to transfer oral hsv genital to genital. Also I never saw my ex with cold sores.
2) if the case is that she never gave him oral sex before would that mean that I had it previously?
3) I have never had an outbreak before so this I have now would be my primary. However what caused it to happen so soon? Because if I remember correctly my flu started the day after the symptoms appeared. Sore throat and all.
4) he has no symptoms at all so we dont know if he is just asymptomatic or if he is not infected.
5) if we find out he has hsv1 (and remember, he has no symptoms) how does that limit us sexually. Because if he has it orally does that mean he can't kiss me? He never had a cold sore ebfore but i read it sheds 80% of the time? Also if he has it genitally would that mean that I can't perform oral sex on him? Is it possible for me to get hsv1 in both places?
6) I read that it takes three months for antibodies to form to be detected in blood. Mine was >5. He was previously clean three months ago. Does that mean I got it from my ex?
Please help me in this very confusing time
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