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I have been diagnosed with genital herpes i am 17 years old i believe my boyfriend has given it to me but how do i know if i already had it i have been with no one else but he has no symptoms also how do we behave sexually if he has given it to me then we
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Herpes: The likelihood is that if you have not had sex, either intercourse or oral sex from another boy, that your boyfriend gave this to you. Once you both have it, there is no further risk to continuing sex, except that if he has had one sexually transmitted disease he may have others that have not been detected, and you should both be tested.
Answered 3/26/2013
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