Sexual Health Buzz

Here is the question:

I have oral herpes and I have some concerns.  I have been tested for genital herpes and it was negative, but I gave my boyfriend oral sex and he has blisters on his penis now….could I have passed it to him?  I don’t know if it’s possible to pass oral herpes to his penis when I don’t have genital herpes…I am freaking out!  Please help if you can!  Thank you so much!

Here’s is my answer:

Since you say that you have oral herpes, then yes, it is possible to pass herpes to your boyfriends genital via oral sex.

You’ve already said that you don’t have genital herpes and that it’s oral herpes that you have. So there is no way he could have contracted it from your genitals since you don’t have it there. Does that make sense?

Is your boyfriend planning on getting testing OR going to see the doctor so he can figure out what those blisters on his penis are? It might not even be herpes at all, ya know?