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About a week ago I got extremely sick with what seemed to be the flu. I went to the doctor and she said it was most likely swine flu since our area has been hit hard by the virus. I accepted it, that is untill the next day when a sore showed up on my private area. Later that night a cold sore showed up on my lips. When I talked to my boyfriend of one year he told me that he had cheated, and had recieved oral sex from another girl roughly 3 weeks ago. We did let her know that I was showing signs and that she should get tested. However, we just found out today that she tested neggative. Now I am wondering if she was the root cause of all this. Can she have oral herpes and still test negative on an std test. Also, can inactive oral herpes cause genital herpes. Im extremely confused, and in a lot of pain. Am I just wrong. Is this something other then herpes. Please any advice or words on the subject would help. Thank you.
-------------------- <3 With all my heart, Tea Posts: 1 | From: San Jose, CA | Registered: Nov 2009
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Just so you understand, most people actually contract oral herpes in childhood. In other words, your boyfriend (or you!) could have been exposed a long time ago, and you only got a cold sore you noticed now because of how risk you got. Cold sores usually appear when a person's immune system is taxed.
Looking to that girl's tests to find out about your body and health isn't a sound approach: what you want to do is to see your own doctor as soon as possible, ideally when they can look at the sores. Your boyfriend should also go and get himself a full STI screening.
Please know that even if you do have some form of Herpes, it's going to be okay. Herpes is WILDLY common and it's also a very manageable virus.
Also please know that if your boyfriend just had another partner three weeks ago, it's going to be very important (if you're still together) for you two to revert back to the start of safer sex practices, and be sure to use latex barriers for the next six months at a minimum.
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