Can you think you are asymptomatic for herpes and not be?

[butterfly2012]

I have never experienced a herpes outbreak, but when I got herpes, sex was really painful. I believe my outbreak was on the inside but I cannot be 100% sure, because I looked and did not see anything different. That was 2 years ago. Thanks in advance for your comments ;)

[WCSDancer2010]

Yes it's possible ... the only way to know would be for you to get to an OBGYN when it's happening and have them have a look at it.... the pain could be from many things so in any case you need to have it looked at.....

 

(((HUGS)))

[mr_hopp]

Hi butterfly,

 

Possibly. Hard to say because of the nature of a symptomatic shedding. And for many people, herpes outbreaks are quite mild for some reason. Maybe it's a mixture of the strength of their immune system and whether they already have had herpes antibodies in their system by having cold sores, who knows. But since 80% of Americans who have herpes aren't aware they have it, then there's either a lot of denial, very small outbreaks that can be mistaken for ingrown hairs or razor burn, or all of the above. I have had a few outbreaks that were so mild, I didn't even know they were there until they started scabbing over.

 

It sounds by what you're saying with the painful sex that you were actually experiencing an outbreak, but maybe not in the "classic" sense. If your skin was feeling raw in a different way right around the time you got herpes, it's safe to assume that it was an outbreak. But you can never be sure without getting that area swabbed when you suspect an outbreak may be coming on.

[butterfly2012]

Hi! guys thank you for the answers. When I acquired the virus is when it was painful, I guess that was my first outbreak. I haven't experience any discomfort or pain since then, and it was 2 years ago. I thought that if the blisters were on the inside I could still have them and not feel pain or anything. I was wondering how do they determine if you are an asymptomatic patient? and do you think if I wasn't asymptomatic I would know given the fact that is been 2 years?

Thank you very much

Love :-)

 

[mr_hopp]

:) FYI, 15-20% of all people who have a first herpes outbreak never have another outbreak again. You could be one of those people.

[WCSDancer2010]

butterfly

 

anyone who has Herpes can have asymptomatic shedding ... for HSV2 genital it's about 15-30% of the time. With anti-virals you can cut that to half of that. Again, if you have that pain again, get it checked out. There are several things that vaginal pain on intercourse could be caused by...