 [ Symptoms ] herpes transmission somewhat complicated question i have genital herpes but no outbreaks after the initial one my partner got it from me and has genital outbreaks we are wondering if we are able to spread it to each other in areas where we have not had outbreaks during shedding not active outbreak seems obvious that we could spread it around while there are lesions so we are careful during her outbreaks but the big mystery is  can we spread it to new areas during shedding    thanks a million we have been searching hard for the answer  [ Disease ] dr moser thanks for your answer trying to reply to your post but can not seem to do that i am new to webmd so i will post an answer answer is no neither of us are taking meds i have been reading about the various meds wondering which ones you would recommend and why fyi i never have outbreaks but she does two since contracting it from me 4 months ago thank you