Sexually Transmitted Diseases/transfer of herpes



If a man has herpes of the mouth and kisses a woman and she contracts it and then either soon after or sometime later gives him oral sex can he then get herpes of the genitalia? Since it's his virus he gave her does he have an immunity to getting it elsewhere or is the genitalia different so that she can actually give him his own virus on another area of his body? Thank you,


You can retransmit it to another part of your own body through self transmission! Let alone someone else doing it for you, so yes someone else can do that. It's generally recommended not to do anything during an active outbreak for either HSV 1 or 2 conditions, but while the virus is in remission, the virus is much less likely to be transmitted although it is still possible. Let me know if you have follow-up.



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