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Do canker sores have anything to do with herpes?

I just went to a clinic to get tested for STD's. At the end of the testing the person who was doing the tests said that 80% of people have HSV 1. She then asked if I had ever had canker sores and I said yes. I have had canker sores but before I started having sex...back in middle school. I cannot remember the last time I had one. She then said that i probably have herpes 1 because I have had canker sores. However, I have never had a cold sore in my life and I thought that canker sores were from acid building in your mouth. She then said since I have never had a cold sore that I might not have Herpes 1. I have never had a break out of any sort of sore. I can count the number of canker sores I have had on one hand. Can someone please let me know if she is right?
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no, I havn't, not yet...and that's what I thought. I've never had cold sore before so I have no idea where she was getting at. I have no idea why she was saying what she was saying. Somehow she connected HSV type 1 to the few canker sores I had before I started having sex.
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canker sores are not related to herpes. cold sores are.

have your herpes test results come back yet?

grace
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