Hi..
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I have gone through your query and can understand your concern...
As per your complain and presentation of symptoms
HSV-1 infection is a recurring infection and once a person is exposed to it there can be recurring episodes of the
blister formation and it is highly contagious..
In case if you do not have any outbreak even then small numbers of virus are present over the skin as well as nerves in small numbers and are in dormant sate so they do not show signs of active infection.
But even then you can transfer virus to other individuals by making intimate contact and when the viral count increases due to reduced resistance of the body due to some or the other cause then the virus count can increase and there will be outbreak of infections..
-It is very much possible that you can transfer infection to your partner both in mouth, lips, nose and genitals.
-You can also transfer infection when there is not an outbreak and is explained above.
The best way to get confirmed is that both of you can get investigations done after consulting a
Dermatologist or an Infectious disease specialist and a few tests like Antigen-antibody reaction, polymerase chain reaction and viral culture can help in confirming about the viral count and infection status and treatment can be planned accordingly if needed..
Hope this information helps..
Thanks and regards..
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.