Just got diagnosed with Herpes.. Many Questions

Sexual health
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So just this week I was diagnosed with herpes. I am surprisingly at peace with this information but at the moment I have a billion questions. To preface: I am currently taking acyclovir to treat this as it is my first outbreak. I contracted herpes from oral sex almost a month ago so I know exactly who I got it from. Okay time for questions sorry for rambling, if you can be of any help or lead me to any resources please do! I am here to learn and grow. 

1. Telling a person you have herpes. So the person who gave me herpes is someone Ive know for a while and had sex with before with no issue. This time after having sex I got symptoms with 5 days. I dont know if they knew they were infected or not but I have to have this lovely conversation and am extremely nervous about how it will affect our relationship since we are just starting something more serious (as opposed to casual) 

2. Can someone give me any insight on sex with herpes. Like what extent of protection, medication, etc. Its all new to me and I feel like someone who has experienced it will give me more insight than a doctor. 

3. Also as far as outbreaks go to the sores go away or will they always be there. Seeing as this is my first outbreak and I just started medication, my sores dont hurt and have gone down but theyre still there. I am definitely eager for them to go away but im not really sure how that all works. 

Sorry if this was lengthy and choppy but these are the biggest questions eating at me right now. Any insight and information helps and I look forward to hearing back from people. Thanks in advance! 

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Was it confirmed to be genital HSV1? By which test? Assuming that's what you have, you don't need to be too concerned. The sores will of course go away completely, and if you are like most people with gHSV1, you are unlikely to get a recurrence or maybe just once a year, if that.

Genital HSV1 isn't overly infectious, so you only need to avoid sex during an outbreak or prodrome and use condoms. No ongoing medication necessary. Avoid sex too soon after the first outbreak as well.

Just tell the person that they presumably carry the virus, possibly unbeknownst to them, as it can be asymptomatic. Two-thirds of the population carries HSV1 somewhere, usually orally, often without symptoms.

But do make sure that it's HSV1 you have first. If you also had sexual intercourse, even with condoms, it could be either type, unless your test specifically indicated the type. Genital HSV2 is quite different to gHSV1 in some key ways, hence the need to know which for sure.

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It didn't specifically say HSV1 but it did say non-genital on the culture and the results were positive so im concluding it is HSV1 from that. I emailed my doctor but probably wont get a response until Monday.