I kissed a guy who has herpes on the lips. no outbreaks on him. no tongue used. will i get herpes?

I didn't know he had herpes and I didn't see any type of sores on his lips or mouth. When we kissed they were little pecks on the lips, no tongue was used. How common is it for me to catch herpes. Would it just be a couple cold sores and then gone? or will it be the virus and I would have it forever?I kissed a guy who has herpes on the lips. no outbreaks on him. no tongue used. will i get herpes?
First of all, statistically speaking, you probably already have oral herpes. 50% to 80% of the population has it. It's usually caught in childhood from kissing relatives, and isn't an STD. Most people with herpes don't realize that they have it. So unless you've been tested, you really don't know.





While herpes is most contagious during an outbreak, it can be transmitted when no symptoms are present.





But again, almost everyone will get it eventually. I wouldn't worry about it.





And yes, there is no cure. So if you've EVER had a cold sore, or an unexplained sore in your mouth, you may very well have oral herpes.





To learn more about oral herpes, I recommend the website below. It's much more reliable than Y!A for medical facts, and is easy to read.





Good question.I kissed a guy who has herpes on the lips. no outbreaks on him. no tongue used. will i get herpes?
Although herpes can be transmitted when there is no outbreak, risk of transmission when there is no outbreak is very low. If he has oral herpes, but no outbreak when you kissed him, your chance of getting oral herpes is very low.


Oral herpes can also be transmitted to someone else's genitals, or genital herpes can be transmitted to someone else's mouth, through oral sex. Again, risk of transmission when there is no outbreak is very low.


There is no cure for herpes. Once you have herpes, you will always have herpes. There are medications that can reduce the frequency and severity of outbreaks, but no cure.
It's only contagious if he was having an outbreak. If he had no sores, then you should be okay.
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