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My boyfriend and I have been seeing eachother for about 6 months and we both have genital herpes from previous relationships. This is my first relationship after getting herpes and it is his first relationship with an infected woman after he got herpes. His last few relationships have been with women who were not infected. So we're both a little up in the air on the subject of oral sex. We both want to give and receive, but we're a little wary of spreading the virus around to different parts of eachother's bodies. For instance, he is afraid that any part of me that comes in contact with his semen will end up with blisters. Likewise, I don't want him to end up with blisters on his face from coming in contact with my vaginal fluids. My doctor says we cannot infect other areas of eachother's bodies because we both already have the virus and neither of us carry the virus in our sexual fluids anyway. This was great news, but my boyfriend and I have both heard that we can spread the virus on our own bodies by touching our own affected area and then touching ourselves elsewhere without washing hands first. This obviously conflicts with what my doctor told me so we are even more confused now than before. How could we possibly spread the virus to different areas of our own bodies but not eachother's? Of course there is always protection that can be used with oral sex, but both of us would really prefer just going natural. Please help us!!
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Answer:
by Blair Glaser: (11/10/2005)
When there is a breakout, you should be careful not to have contact with that part of the body so it can heal and fluids in the virus are not dispersed. When there is no breakout, the virus can still be transferred, but since you both have it, your doctor is correct, you should not worry about spreading it to one another.Reviewed by: Patricia Fawver Ph.D. in Sexology
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