What's the risk of transmitting HSV-1 herpes from oral to genital during oral sex while taking Aciclovor?

So I've had HSV-1 (cold sores) since I was very young, like in junior high. It's already been annoying / a burden since then, I get extremely self conscious whenever I get a cold sore.

To my knowledge, I've never spread the cold sore virus / HSV-1 to any of my girlfriends... I strictly do not kiss anyone when I feel an outbreak coming, during, and a few days after it has "completely healed". I understand that due to shedding and such, it is still possible, but I do my best to reduce the risk.

I'm currently getting a bit serious with a new girlfriend and she really enjoys oral sex. I've told her about me having cold sores since youth & HSV-1, but wanted to know the risk of transmitting herpes from me to her if I went down on her (gave her oral sex).

Of course I would obey the same strict rules that I've had my whole live with regard to kissing people as I would to her for oral sex.

When sores are visible, the risk of transmission through sex and other close body contact (around the area with sores) is high. When no sores are visible, the risks are less certain, because there's a slight possibility of the herpes virus being present on the surface of the skin -- this is called viral, or asymptomatic, shedding

Their new study showed that women who received oral sex were nearly nine times as likely to become infected with HSV-1 as those who were sexually abstinent. That was true, even if the sexually active women only had oral sex without vaginal intercourse.

Women who had vaginal intercourse were more than six times more likely as sexually abstinent women to get HSV-1, says the study.

Those results were found by monitoring herpes infection in 1,200 young women in the Pittsburgh area. After an initial clinical visit, the women returned for three follow-up appointments, scheduled four months apart. They disclosed their sexual practices and gave blood samples, which were screened for herpes viruses.

All of the women were 18 to 30 years old. At the study's start, 38% had HSV-1. That's a low rate, says the study, which appears in the February edition of the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

The study didn't cover whether the women's partners had herpes, and it couldn't rule out kissing as the means of transmission. Their new study showed that women who received oral sex were nearly nine times as likely to become infected with HSV-1 as those who were sexually abstinent. That was true, even if the sexually active women only had oral sex without vaginal intercourse.

Women who had vaginal intercourse were more than six times more likely as sexually abstinent women to get HSV-1, says the study.

Those results were found by monitoring herpes infection in 1,200 young women in the Pittsburgh area. After an initial clinical visit, the women returned for three follow-up appointments, scheduled four months apart. They disclosed their sexual practices and gave blood samples, which were screened for herpes viruses.

All of the women were 18 to 30 years old. At the study's start, 38% had HSV-1. That's a low rate, says the study, which appears in the February edition of the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

The study didn't cover whether the women's partners had herpes, and it couldn't rule out kissing as the means of transmission.

http://www.datingpeoplewithherpes.com/Ri...

They actually are the same thing, one is just above the waist while the other is below. Even if you are not in an active outbreak, you can still transmit the virus. The best way not to transmit it during oral sex is to use a barrier of some kind. Try this website for more information....

www.cdc.gov