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It's all about balance. I've found with me personally, I only ever have yeast infections when I'm taking a course of antibiotics but I know a few friends who get them all the time and pretty much the only way they can combat them is with diet. Low sugar or no sugar is best. Whenever I have to take antibiotics I eat a small tub of natural yoghurt everyday - all natural Greek yoghurt with no added sugar is important and will mean I don't get any sort of infection. Also make sure you're not using any harsh soaps down there or any soap at all actually. Soap free body washes that you can purchase from the chemist are a good option. Those two suggestions really shouldn't result in a higher likelihood of a herpes breakout or anything like that. I think often birth control can really throw things off as well so if the problem persists after some lifestyle changes then you should definitely look into changing pills or going off bc completely if that's an option for you. Hope things start getting better! X

No worries at all! Happy to help out as best I can. In reply to your most recent question, I can only answer from personal experience that yes, sex is a trigger. I've only had one initial outbreak but have had a number of instances where I've experienced prodomes (tingling mainly) after sex. Fortunately, I up my dosage of antivirals and they have always stopped the symptoms from developing into an outbreak. If you have a look through some other discussion posts on this site, many of them discuss this issue in length and it would seem that it is a problem for quite a lot of people. Especially in the first 6-12 months after the first outbreak. I imagine if you hadn't had sex in a while/hadn't had sex ever, it would likely be an issue for her/you. Again I have to say that it's impossible to know until it happens. I think it's often noted that any stress or friction that can cause microtears to the genital area are often the cause of outbreaks after sex. This is often because the HSV lays dormant waiting for a weakness to present itself in that area so that it can flare up again. Simple terms sorry haha I didn't know the best way to explain that. That being said, my first outbreak occurred when I was physically the healthiest/fittest I've ever been. I like to think there's a connection between general health and outbreaks but that certainly hasn't been my experience yet. Lubrication/adequate foreplay should hopefully keep this issue at bay. Just take things slow would be my recommendation. Let us know what you decide and how everything goes (:

Hi there, Wow lots of questions! Many of which I have been researching for myself after a recent diagnosis. Your comment regarding conflicting information is very true and makes navigating the dating world with this virus even more difficult but I’ll attempt to answer these questions as best I can! 1. From what I understand, this is true. If she happened to have HSV-1 orally then she wouldn’t be affected by it genitally. That being said, current methods of testing can’t actually tell you where the virus will present itself unless she is swab tested when she has an outbreak in either place and by then you’d know obviously without a test. It would still be a fantastic idea for her to be tested so that it’s out of the way and you don’t have to feel so much anxiety about this decision. 2. Yes that’s what I’ve read. 3. Generally speaking the first 6 months to a year is the most contagious the virus will ever be so 7 years on you should be considerably less infectious. This isn’t to say that the chance of transmission isn’t still there, it is. It would be a good idea to look into possibly taking anti-virals to lower you shedding rates but again just get her tested before you start asking these huge questions! If she already has it this will all be relatively unimportant. 4. Yes you can. If oral sex is a thing you’re participating in you’ll be far more likely to transmit it to her mouth than to her genitals. This is just because HSV1 thrives more in the mouth area than in the genitals. That being said, you can still transmit it to her genitals but it’s not as likely. It should be noted that HSV1 in the mouth region is far more contagious and shedding rates are far higher so consider that when making your decision and that if you don’t stay together she may have to deal with the implications of that. 5. Yes antivirals will lower the risk of transmission because they lower your shedding rates and lower the likelihood of outbreaks. Some specialists think that taking antivirals with GHSV1 won’t do much because the shedding rates are already so low but for me it wasn’t even an option because i want to make sure that i’m doing everything I can. From what I’ve read there are no side-effects for most people but if there are, there are a few different types of antivirals that you can take so there are other options if one doesn’t work for you. From what I understand they don’t lose effectiveness either. 6. There is no way to tell how her body would react. Literally absolutely no way to tell. Hypothetically, her immune system could be weaker and it could react badly and not be able to fight the virus and end up with frequent outbreaks. That’s just one scenario but anything could happen. Some of the people on this forum have far worse horror stories so take your pick really. I think generally, GHSV1 is recorded to have fewer outbreaks than GHSV2 and often far less severe. But as I said, you won’t know until it happens how a persons body will respond. It's a big gamble. Some links you might like to take a look at: https://herpeslife.com/genital-hsv-1-herpes-and-oral-sex/ https://herpeslife.com/hsv-1-hsv-2-types-of-herpes/ This is a really hard decision but you’re both doing the right thing in finding out the facts before you make any choices. I really can’t recommend enough that she be tested because that will make this whole decision making process a whole lot easier. Hope this helps! Best of luck.

A few months ago I tested positive for HSV1 after an outbreak in the genital region. I'm still not sure when/wherr I would've picked it up but I'm not super hung up on trying to figure out because so many people have HSV1 it would be pretty well impossible to be able to trace it back. I've just gotten into a new relationship and he says he gets cold sores on his lips although hasn't had an occurance in the time I've known him. Just wondering if anyone could tell me a bit more about the transmission of GHSV1 to a partner who already has OHSV1. I understand that they already have HSV1 but is it possible that coming into contact genitally could potentially result in an outbreak of GHSV1 for them? Could I have outbreaks orally as well? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

I've only had one outbreak and had three sores but found out within a day of the swab test that it was hsv1 and went straight on antivirals that stopped them from developing into scabs. Any evidence that there were ever any sores was gone in 5 days.

It's funny you mention laser hair removal because I had my first experience of prodomes 2 days after my first session of laser hair removal and then a few days later had my first outbreak of ghsv1. I too have wondered if the laser might have had something to do with it because I'd never had a breakout and didn't know I had the virus. Wish I could be more helpful but I don't know. I guess it could've potentially caused the initial outbreak because the intense heat could definitely stress the skin but as for maybe coming into contact with instruments that might have been in contact with hsv1 I think it's highly unlikely because the virus can't survive off the skin for very long.

Hey @newuser5374. I'm trying to find the answer to a question similar to this as well because I have GHSV1 also. From what I can gather (there's really not many studies on transmission of GHSV1) the chance of transmission with GHSV1 is very very very low. Much lower than GHSV2 and OHSV1. https://herpeslife.com/genital-hsv-1-herpes-and-oral-sex/ Also asymptomafic shedding is called asymptomatic because it's asymptomatic haha meaning that there are no symptoms! You will not be able to tell whether you are shedding or not but luckily the shedding rates of GHSV1 are super low. (See stats below) Check out that link it's super helpful but in summary, yes you could have given it to this guy but because of the prevalence of HSV1 (stats are that 80% of Americans have it in their system) chances are he already would have it + someone kissing him with oral HSV1 would be way more likely to give it to him due to the much higher shedding rates ... Genital herpes (HSV-2) = 15-30% of the time Genital herpes (HSV-1) = 3-5% of the time Oral herpes (HSV-1) = 9-18% of the time Oral herpes (HSV-2) = 1% of the time (very, very rare) https://herpeslife.com/hsv-1-hsv-2-types-of-herpes/ I don't think you should be very concerned at all. The likelihood is so low! I freaked out because I was in a similar situation last night haha! Although I'm on antivirals as well so I don't think there is really any possibility. And I find comfort in the fact he probably already has in it his system and that someone kissing him would be way more likely to pass it on. In reply to your other question, yes it's more likely to pass it along to the oral region than it is to the pass GHSV1 to another genital region but again, the shedding rates are so low that it's very unlikely. Just don't have sex if you have an outbreak and maybe leave 7-10 days after they've healed to be sure as well. Maybe that's a bit over the top but I'd prefer to be sure I'm doing everything I can. Hope this puts your mind at ease. *also just saw your other discussion post and was going to reply but think I've pretty much covered everything in my answer here. Let me know (: