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A member asked:
I haven't had sex since my first outbreak of hsv1 what are my chances of having another outbreak if using protection? my first outbreak was in june
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Viral outbreaks: I don't think that having sex will cause an outbreak. One infected you have the virus forever. Usually the outbreaks occur with stress or sun exposure or immunosuppressive drugs. Reoccurrences are more related to your immune system and resistance.
Answered 9/16/2014
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