What i really meant to ask is how long doesn't take for the herpes simplex to reach your blood after exposed to the virus ?

Still the wrong ques: From exposure until first symptom of herpes simplex is typically 4 days. The range is 2 to 12 days. If you already have the same virus nothing happens. Many people do not have the virus, so are apt to get infected from contact. Many such contacts occur without transmission of herpes. Many first infections occur with no symptoms. Sometimes the first infection is very painful and messy. There are pi

Rare: Herpes simplex usually do not spread by bloody stream ( very if it happens will be serious ) spread is along the nerves , some times stays dormant for long time in the nerve root for ever.