HSV-1 on mouth, girl kissed me and gave oral sex - irritation on penis two days later

[fistoffury]

Hi everyone! I have a pretty serious question (as are all questions here, I assume), so if anyone can help it would be great.

The title really says it all, but to give a little more background and details -

I've always had cold sores (HSV-1 I am pretty sure) since I was a kid, maybe once or twice a year. For various reasons (not related to herpes or anything) I have not had sex. Lately I've gotten myself a girlfriend, and this past weekend we made out when I was just on my first outbreak day (cold sore, but I had a Compeed patch on) - she was aware of it (and she's never had herpes) but still wanted to kiss me.

Eventually she began to give me oral sex - which she had also done the day before and was my first time ever. It was a little dry and she applied lots of suction to the glans. I washed my penis - with soap - about an hour later.

About 24 hours later, I noticed a red irritation on the glans pretty close to the urethral opening. I immediately freaked out, and the next morning it was more red and looked like a rash. I had my dad (who is a doctor) prescribe me Aciclovir, which I started taking immediately (and still do, four days later).

A day later, the rash/irritation/redness was completely gone. But then, a day later after that, I noticed a small cut on the penis underneath the foreskin together with some redness nearby. This was yesterday. Thinking that it could be a yeast infection or something similar (I've had similar small cuts/irritations before), I put on some yoghurt last night.

It is much better today, however I also notice that I have two pimples on the body near where the shaft of the penis meets the scrotum. Again, wouldn't be the first time I have pimples near my genitals.

Could the initial redness be because I am not used to such intense suction on the penis (via oral sex)? Because it did not develop into any kind of blisters or anything (or is that because I started taking Aciclovir immediately?).

Is this all a big "misunderstanding" of series of events, or did I get my own HSV-1 from the mouth to the genitals via the oral sex? Is that probable and/or possible?

If anyone has any information or opinion, I will be very happy. Hopefully I can get to a specialist doctor soon, but with my job it is difficult (time-wise).

Sincerely thank you to anyone who reads this and responds.

[fistoffury]

Also, I am 25 years old, in case anyone wonders.

[package deal]

if your girlfrien had herpies on her mouth then gave you head then she could pass h to her will privates, thru oral sex but she would of had to had herpies already. You said you noticed a cut on your penis that init self could cause redness do to irritation which could lead to a sore of some type and nothing to do with herpies

if you have cold sores on your mouth then you know it H already, and if you had a cold sore when you two kissed then you would difently pass it on to her, and i could be very wrong but it takes a bit before the virus effects her not just 1 day so even if she kissed you while u had a outbreak then gave you oral sex right after i dont think it would pass onto your privates that quick

hope that helps but please i am not sure of this 100 percent.

[AquariusAngel]

Hello and welcome to you. First up regarding oral sex. If you are the giver, you run the risk of infecting your girlfriend with genital herpes, even without a cold sore evident. Perhaps you could look at the Prevention tab to the right of here. As for you receiving oral sex and now being worried you may have genital herpes, remember that as you already have OHSV 1, you are less likely to contract genital herpes. I would say it is more likely that you have just had a reaction to the oral sex given to you, especially if she did not use much lubrication. It is a very sensitive part of the male anatomy and if it is not handled with care..well the outcome could be disastrous! You mention suction a couple of times in your post, so if you felt like an octopus was down there using its suction cups, well its no wonder your poor penis has reacted the way it has. I think many of us here have been mishandled one time or another (unintentionally of course) and have suffered as a consequence with redness, irritation, cuts and all sorts of things. I would just be keeping an eye on it for now, keep your dad updated with your symptoms and if they worsen or you are still concerned, then do make a doctor's appointment.

[fistoffury]

Thank you both for your time and comments, and especially to you AquariusAngel - a sincere thank you for the calming advice.

[Dogwatch]

My understanding is that the longer you've had HSV1, the less likely you are to autoinoculate yourself with it (i.e. spread it to some other part of your body). So if you've had it since you were a kid, then the chance of this happening in your case ought to be low (if what I've read is true anyway).

And if I understood you correctly, you kissed your girlfriend who subsequently gave you head. And because of that you're now worried that your own oral HSV1 jumped into her mouth and then from there straight back across onto your tackle, based on the fact that rashes and pimples started springing up, disappearing and reappearing on your privates all in the space of a day or two?

Relax - the herpes virus doesn't behave like that. It doesn't just leap around like a demented bullfrog. Nor do symptoms appear then vanish again with such rapidity.

It is of course quite possible that she could have caught oral HSV1 off you through kissing (assuming that she didn't already have it). In fact, that's a quite likely scenario if you had an active cold sore at the time. But normally, it would need time (several days minimum) for her new infection to become established and infectious.

And even then, the fact that you already have HSV1 orally would mean that you're highly unlikely to get someone else's HSV1 genitally later on (more likely you could get HSV2 genitally, but that's for another thread).

Hope that helps