Cold Sores Infecting Generals

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I havent used this forum in awhile on account of I;'ve been having too many successful business meetings lately. Now if only my successful business meetings were as successful as my love making skills then I'd be in Paradies baby yah! But I've stumbled upon a problem that I was unable to solve even through the power for gooble.

You see, I I have oral herpes, also known as Cold Sores and Beaver Blisters. I had them at a very young age so I thought that Cold Sores can be genetically inherited. However, I think maybe they are not but they are spread. My mom has Cold Sores but amazingly my brother, sister, and dad do not. How could my mom spread them to me but not the others? I thoguht maybe mom and dadda were too sexually repressed that they did not do very much with eachother but haha a month a go there was lube and condom in my room and I never found any evidence of them doing stuff together but now I do a lot so I know my mom and dadda do sexual stuff together so I would think my dadda would also get Cold Sores from my mom but he doesnt. I'm a boy and my mom is a girl.

Although, I read that 90% of Americans have some kind of herpes. I don't see near that many people who show signs of Cold Sores or anything though. So maybe my bro, sis, and dad coudl have it also but they don't get outbreaks and I was jsut more unfortunate that I get outbreaks and they don't.

I was wondering if Cold Sores can infect genitals. So I would wanna suck off my wife hardcore but not if it ill give her gentical gerpes. But then again, what if my wife doesnt have Cold Sores outbreaks but still part of the 90% who has herpes, then maybe she could also give me gentile herpes also. I'd be scared of transmitting herpes. I would avoid oral contact altogether if it reduces risk of getting herpes on private areas. But is it possible I and my wife could also have genital herpes even if we have both never had sexual contact in our lives?

I used to think STD stuff only happens thorugh sexual contact, it would suck if me and my wife could still gvie eachother STDs even if we;'ve been sexually pure our whole lives! (Well, I'm jsut mostly pure. I got one lapdance when I was like 14 or 15. It was a tame lapdance but still I didnt mean to it was stupid of me and I regret it. Also some girl touched my nipple but I guess I couldnt have predicted and prevented that. Oh and I think I gave a girl a kiss on the cheek b4 but it was liek an innocent one. But also I masturbate a whoole lot but really I don't regret masturbating haha it kinda keeps me sane in some ways I think.)

Edit: Also I know I spelt genitals like generals i nthe topic title but the t and r are right next to eachother on m keyboard so it's like they wanted me to do it or something.

I didn't read most of your post.. but yes oral herpes can be transferred to the genitals.

oh :-( how com people have oral sex then? is it worth the risk to them? I don't think its worth it to me. I'll stick to the noble S word.

Hi jamesters, nice to see you back here!There are two different strains of herpes virus, called HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 prefers the mouth area, so cold sores are usually HSV-1. HSV-2 prefers the genitals, so genital herpes is usually HSV-2. They can infect each other's areas, however, but when they do so the outbreaks are usually a lot less severe and less frequent than when they are in their preferred territory.Herpes can be transferred at birth, but this is usually genital herpes and usually (though not always) HSV-2. It seems unlikely that cold sores are transferred at birth. However, if someone with an outbreak kisses someone else then the virus is very easily transmitted to the mouth of the other person. It can also be transmitted by kissing when there isn't an outbreak, but the chances are much lower (but not quite zero). This probably explains why you have them but not your brother, sister or father - your mother was probably careful not to kiss when she had an outbreak but by bad luck it still transferred to you.Yes, HSV-1 can be transferred to genitalia by oral sex. You certainly should not have oral sex when you have an outbreak. At other times it's a low risk, and most people do it, but it's not impossible for it to be transferred.Most STDs can be transferred by non-sexual means as well as sexual, so abstinence from sex is not a guarantee you won't get them (though it certainly lowers the risk a lot). BTW, your examples show you are one of the most sexually pure guys in the country.

"BTW, your examples show you are one of the most sexually pure guys in the country."Haha thanks Pete you're so flattering!Anyways I found this and it was way more helpful than the other articles I found http://www.herpesonline.org/hsv1vs2.htmlMan even jsut making out with my wife will risk her getting herpes. I guess I just better make sure I'm not on an outbreak and hope she doesnt get it. I had no idea herpes was that common though its quite unfortunate haha. A vaccine for it might be nice maybe.

That's a very interesting article.And yes, a vaccine would be a very good thing indeed.

Oh no I just thought of something right now! What if you dont even kiss on the lips. Whatif you kiss someones forearm when you have an outbreak. Could that give them oral herpes? I doubt it huh, it's cuz oral herpes likes to hang out on the lips that youd have to kiss on lips to spread it there.

Very young babies are susceptible to herpes infection anywhere. I'd think with older people the risk isn't high but it still should be avoided because it is possible for herpes to infect other tissues.