wondering about the odds

[definistrate1ster]

hi,

i had unprotected oral sex with a very promiscuous female. i developed either chlamydia or non-specific uritis. i was put on anti-biotics and it went away. a few weeks later i developed some herpes related symptoms, i.e. red bumps and the end of my penis tingled, but there were no blisters.

which leads me to my question, is it herpes? and if it is, is it type 1 or type 2. what are the odds of contracting genital herpes from oral sex?

[WaxedWrong]

the odds are extremly high, since it was unprotected - and "with a very promiscuous female"

cant tell u what type u have, unless u know what type she was.

but genital herpes, from oral sex is very very common

[why me]

If there is no intercorse or genital-genital contact how would it be possible to get herpes on his penis.His mouth i can see getting infected!

[shocked2hear]

If there is an open sore on the mouth, or should I say no sore and viral shedding then that is how he could get genital herpes from the girls mouth.

[WaxedWrong]

If there is no intercorse or genital-genital contact how would it be possible to get herpes on his penis.His mouth i can see getting infected!

if she gave him oral sex> and she had oral> he can get genital.

[why me]

yes this is true,i miss read i thought he only preformed oral on her.That is how i was infected.my husband has oral and gave me genital.

[Hugo]

Doesn't sound much like typical herpes to me..

but, of course, nobody can make a diagnosis over the Internet, even if we were doctors, which I'm not.

The actual risk of transmission from a single contact with an asymptomatic person is relatively low, not zero, of course, but low. It doesn't matter if the other person was what you consider to be promiscuous or not, the question is whether they had oral herpes or not and whether they were shedding virus at the time. Besides there's a pretty good chance that you already have HSV1, the cold sore virus, since it's very prevalent in the population as cold sores. The person saying that they've never had cold sores doesn't mean much as most people with the virus don't have any recognizable symptoms.

Here's the deal.. If you get symptoms again, get to a doctor or clinic and have them take a sample for a type-specific culture or PCR test. If you don't get symptoms, wait until at least 12 weeks after that incident and get a type-specific blood test, such as the HerpeSelect IgG for both types.

Now, if the blood test comes back as positive for HSV1, it really won't tell you about the incident in question since it will not tell you the location of the infection, but at least, you'll know your status.