Tuesday evening I had protected sex with a man. I noticed when going down on him that there was a bump on his shaft but I thought maybe just a hair follicle so didn't really think of it.
Today I have had severe itching down there and tingling and I'm worried I got genital herpes from him and that bump was actually a sore. It didn't have a red base or anything, but it looked kinda transparent/skin colored. My questions are:
1. With a condom is genital herpes still very likely transferred? There seems to be so much different info about this online.
2. If I gave him head and he had HSV-2 would it transfer to my mouth, or can it transfer to my genitals? I'm still confused if HSV-2 has to touch genitals to transfer there or if it can enter through your mouth and then outbreak on the genitals?
I mentioned my concerns to him and he said that is just him (bump on penis), and I have nothing to worry about, but I know he has never been tested. He said he has always had safe sex or been in long term relationships, and has never had any problems, but this isn't really giving me peace of mind seems I know a lot of people don't even know they have it sometimes.
Herpes is skin to skin contact. You can get herpes on your mouth, in your mouth/throat & genital. If anything just get tested & express your concerns to your doctor as you did on here..
Herpes can transfer whether it is genital or oral. For instance, I have HSV1 genitally. Its not in its natural habitat therefore I probably will never get another outbreak in my life and it is harder to transfer to others. I think there is a 5% chance it could.
If you are concerned, go get tested. If there are bumps that are itchy and it feels similar to a yeast infection, there is a good chance you have it. However, HSV2 is more ulcer like or similar to like a canker sore that you would get in your mouth. My HSV1 was like little skin colored bumps.
Good luck. Fingers crossed for negative test results.
You need genital contact to acquire it genitally. Condoms only offer 50% protection. Depends on where he is shedding from and how well covered that area was by the condom, etc. HSV-2 does not really prefer the mouth, but it can be acquired orally nevertheless. Much better to get it orally, though! You can do the IgG antibody test at 3 months if you're concerned (or a swab test should you develop lesions).