Can you have HSV-2 in both your mouth and genital areas?

I just got HSV-2 diagnosis but have never had symptoms or an outbreak.

Can it be living in both places on my body?

Or one or the other? (I know the most likely place being the genital area.)

I'm assuming you can...not sure.

It is possible to have HSV2 in both places. However, HSV2 oral is rare, 1-2% of oral herpes is caused by the HSV2 virus. Odds are that if you ever have an outbreak it will be down there.

Were you diagnosed by way of an IgG test? If so, results below 3.5 have a 40% chance of being a false positive, especially if you've never had symptoms or an outbreak. Might retest again in the future. The Western Blot test is also an option. Contact Westover Heights to have one ordered.

Hi,

Yes. IgG was 6-something.

Thank you for your response.

Mine was 5-something...I too have never had a traditional outbreak, just yeast type symptoms sometimes.