Can a treated cold sore still pass on herpes?
Rachel asked:
I recently got this cold sore that i treated for 2 days with zovrax. However after 2 days i completely forgot about it an went down on my boyfriend. It was only for 5 seconds or so before i realized. I dont think it really touched anything as it is on the top of my upper lip. Is it possible i have given him herpes. PLease help me. I feel sick to my stomach.
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I recently got this cold sore that i treated for 2 days with zovrax. However after 2 days i completely forgot about it an went down on my boyfriend. It was only for 5 seconds or so before i realized. I dont think it really touched anything as it is on the top of my upper lip. Is it possible i have given him herpes. PLease help me. I feel sick to my stomach.
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Tags: Cold Sore, Herpes, Herpes Help, Sick To My Stomach, Upper Lip
August 17th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
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There are all different types of herpes viruses. If you are just talking about a regular cold sore and NOT oral herpes then no you can not give it to him. They are all different viruses. Little cold sores on your lip do not carry the virus that can cause genital herpes. But if it was oral herpes (which looks alot different than plain cold sores) then you cannot give it to his genitals. You can give a regular cold sore to someone else’s lips by kissing though, just like any other virus. You just need to make sure which one you had if you do not know.
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it is completely possible to pass on HSV to someone, even when you don’t have an active cold sore. Being treated with Zoverax does reduce the chance, but unfortunately, it is still possible. Hopefully, the small exposure time plus the antiviral was enough to prevent transmission, but I would talk to him about it.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:28 am
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Yes. The most infectious time is from the very first tingle before the sore appears to about 5-7 days after the cold sore has completely disappeared.
You can even pass it on when you DON’T have a cold sore at all and haven’t had one for months. 70% of herpes infections are caught from a partner not showing symptoms and I caught genital herpes from my boyfriend giving me oral sex when he hadn’t had a cold sore for quite a while.
Length of contact does not matter – the risk is still there. The contact we had the night he infected me lasted probably no longer than a few seconds.
However, 8 out of 10 people have the herpes virus on their mouths, and if your boyfriend is one of the 8 out of 10, as is more than likely given the statistics, he is extremely unlikely catch it genitally through you giving him oral sex. Having herpes hsv-1 on your mouth gives you a VERY high level of proteciton against getitng hsv-1 genitally. The reason I was so susceptible was because I didn’t have it and had never had a cold sore. Does he have a history of cold sores?
If he does not show any symptoms 7 days after contact, he should be fine. Genital hsv-1 is usually only caught when you have no previous infection with herpes anywhere on your body and therefore the symptoms are fairly obvious. Mine certainly were.
For safety in the future:
-remember there is a small risk even when you have no symptoms
-avoid mouth to genital contact from the first tingle to a week after the cold sore has healed
-avoid contact if you get the tingle but no cold sore appears, any warning you normally get that tells you a cold sore may be coming is called ‘prodrome’ and you may be infectious for a few days after, regardless of whether a sore develops
-be careful when you are very tired or run down, or when you have a cold or the flu, because your immune system being low makes it much more likely you will be infectious, so it is better to be on the safe side.
By taking those simple precautions, you can hugely reduce the risk of giving it to a partner. My boyfriend didn’t have a cold sore when he gave it to me, but he was getting over a cold, so I guess his immune system was a bit low. By being really careful he managed to protect me from getting it for 7 years.