My boyfriend has Herpes Virus 1. How can I avoid catching it and can you give me info on the virus?

My boyfriend has Herpes Virus 1. How can I avoid catching it and can you give me info on the virus?I just found out 2 days ago that my partner has Herpes Virus 1. He's supposedly going to get blisters I think around the mouth, not genital herpes. Can you give me some info on the virus and tell me how to avoid getting it?

BarBar733
Oral Herpes Symptoms

Oral herpes, also known as cold sores or fever blisters, result from infection with either the herpes simplex virus 1 or herpes simplex virus 2. Oral herpes may be referred to by its medical terminology: herpes labialis. Once the herpes simplex virus invades the body, it does not leave after the initial outbreak. It travels to sensory nerve centers located at the top of the spine to remain dormant until the virus is next triggered.

It is estimated 80 to 90% of Americans have been exposed to the herpes simplex virus, but the majority of these do not develop symptoms. For the minority, however, symptoms can occur once or repeatedly with varying frequency. An oral herpes infection with sequential symptoms follows a pattern of stages.

Incubation

After contact with the oral herpes virus, incubation of the virus typically takes 2 to 12 days. The average period before appearance of symptoms is 4 days.

Prodromal

Prodromal means symptoms that precede the physical onset of an outbreak. With oral herpes, prodromal symptoms are commonly burning, itching or tingling at a specific site or locations on the face. The skin may redden in the same areas as the itching, burning and tingling. The prodromal stage is present for anywhere from a few hours to a couple of days.

Here is a bit of information and you can go to the links below for more good info.

I hope this helps!

JB Harrison
Herpes Expert

Jenifer
I would get a new boyfriend.

LINDSEY S
HSV1 is typically the virus that causes oral herpes or cold sores on the mouth but it can affect the genitals too, if oral sex is given while there are any signs of a cold sore. Cold sores are very common to have 50-80 percent of the population has them on the mouth. If you had cold sores as a child then you have the same thing he does. Most of the time it's passed during child hood by being innocently kissed by some one that has cold sores. They are not often passed from genitals to mouth during oral sex, you can get cold sores with out ever having sex.
You should never have oral sex or sexual intercourse when he has any signs of an out break either orally or genitally. Your partner should also be willing to take antiviral medication regularly to help prevent out breaks, this can also help prevent him from passing it on while he doesn't have symptoms. He should get to know his symptoms and be honest with you and tell you if he feels an out break coming on so he can avoid kissing any any kid of sex.

Chloe
Use condom to avoid it

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