ANSWERS: 6
  • Ckicken pox herpes shingles they are all the same. Rarely do they show up due to the fact that your health has to be failing our like near death to have an outbreak. These things are not taught to you.
  • Being fair, if and only if, you haven't been sleeping around, then divorce him violently. NO, VIOLENTLY!
  • Were you two tested at any stage before? Did he or you have herpes then? If you didn't, and now you do, one of you has caught herpes some other way. Perhaps one of you cheated, or one of you shared a glass or cutlery with someone who had herpes sores on their mouth. There probably is no way to tell which of you had the herpes first, you'd have to sit down with him and discuss how either of you could have gotten it. And it's normal not to have herpes outbreaks. Normally you only have an outbreak if you are stressed or run down.
  • Assuming noone has been cheating...If one of you gets a mouth sore and you "go down" on them. The virus can then be passed to the other person that way. Do your research. Make sure you check to see if he's been cheating.
  • I don't know how long you've been married, but you can have your first outbreak years after you are exposed and contract the virus. You may never have an outbreak. Your husband may have contracted the virus years ago. At one time they were saying you can carry it indefinitely without ever having an outbreak. This is good information. http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_questions.cfm
  • If you have tested positive for herpes type 2 antibodies, then this means that you have had the virus for AT LEAST 3-6 months and not less - probably a lot longer. Before the 6 month point, a person is likely to test negative for antibodies. If your husband has just experienced a true primary outbreak (which is normally more severe than a recurrent one), then I am afraid it is likely that you gave it to him. If he gets a blood test now, as soon as he experiences his first outbreak, and tests negative, then that means that he hasn't had the virus long enough to produce antibodies to it. If he tests positive by ANTIBODY test (not by swab), then both of you have had it for a while, and either could have infected the other. I notice you have hsv-1 as well. Hsv-1 is oral herpes (cold sores) and is usually caught as a child. Four out of five people with genital herpes hsv-2 do NOT know they have it - most have some very mild symptoms, but one in five gets no symptoms at all. Because hsv-1 and hsv-2 are similar, having hsv-1 oral before getting hsv-2 makes you more likely to have no symptoms from an hsv-2 infection - your body is more likely to suppress it. So if you have had genital hsv-2 for years, it isn't that uncommon given that you have oral herpes to not have had any symptoms. Regardless of which of you gave it to the other, I don't think you need to worry about cheating because herpes can and does lie dormant for years. Some people will never experience an outbreak. Now that you both have it, you don't need to worry about transmitting it to each other and can go on as before. It is not a cause for concern.

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