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Genital HSV 1? Undiagnosed for a year **help**
20 year old female. Almost positive I have genital hsv 1. I have had 2 negative cultures and 3 negative blood tests. But for over a year now I have been experiencing tearing during penetration. Every SINGLE time I have sex with my boyfriend it tears & I bleed. I have gone to three different gynecologists who have all told me I do not have G herpes that "It's all in your head, use lube". Well, I know it is not all in my head & even when we use lube it still happens. I've never had any blisters or cuts on my genitals... I just tear every time I have sex. It's horrible & it's beginning to ruin my self esteem. I have had around 3 canker sore type sores on the inside of my cheeks this past year (guessing now it's hsv 1 & that I've recently acquired it genitally & orally?). What do you think? Would hsv 1 cause me to tear every time like this? I don't care if it's herpes anymore. I honestly just want to get to the bottom of this and find a solution. IF it happens to be G hsv 1 would antiviral medication stop the tearing? What else could this be??? I'm so desperate at this point I need answers. Please help ):
Herpes sores can be inside the mouth but are usually on the backside of the lips... If they're on the inside of the cheeks those are typically canker sores... All the negative testing is very good and pretty convincing evidence that you don't have herpes... You didn't mention the timing or spacing of the blood tests but that could be important to an accurate result... I would continue to follow up with your doctor to determine what's actually going on there
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All of my blood tests were type specific for hsv2 not 1. Multiple doctors have said I look healthy & to just use lube... However, I tear now EVERY time. This was never the case before I got chlamydia a year ago. I really think it is due to genital hsv 1. Regardless of what the doctors say I know something is wrong. I wish somebody had answers besides "use lube" because I do and it still happens. ): My partner and I recently broke up. I feel like I can't start talking to somebody else because I'm scared I have this. The fact that I don't know what's wrong with me is even worse because what am I supposed to tell my next boyfriend? That there's something wrong with me but the doctors say I'm fine.. What if they're wrong and I end up giving him herpes... This is such a terrible situation.
Yes my partner is rather large. However, this tearing did not happen the first month of our relationship. We both ended up getting Chlamydia (from one of our recent exs). That is when the tearing began. We were treated until we both tested negative for Chlamydia. Ever since the tearing has not stopped..
Canker sores inside the mouth are not due to herpes. they are not contagious either. They can be caused by many things including chewing gums, toothpastes, illness, and trauma like biting your cheek in your sleep etc.
Herpes would not only occur when you have sex. Your symptoms of tearing don't sound like herpes at all. Your continued negative testing further backs your gyn's advice of this isn't herpes related. Try different lubes and condoms to see if it helps get rid of the problem.
Best of luck!
Herpes would not only occur when you have sex. Your symptoms of tearing don't sound like herpes at all. Your continued negative testing further backs your gyn's advice of this isn't herpes related. Try different lubes and condoms to see if it helps get rid of the problem.
Best of luck!
I have directed many folks on this and in my research I have spent many hundreds of hours reading, speaking and consulting with the best experts this country has to offer.
Since you have read my posts... how many folks have come back with I was incorrect about the help I gave them?
I'm sure someone else will come along and help you.
Since you have read my posts... how many folks have come back with I was incorrect about the help I gave them?
I'm sure someone else will come along and help you.
I disagree. I think the sores in the mouth are absolutely a symptom of an initial HSV 1 infection. There is now plenty of documentation and testimonies on this. Idk who you are but you seem to always direct people away from Herpes when their symptoms, now commonly recognized as primary HSV infection symptoms, and their recent sexual encounters, point directly to transmission. Please do some further research, especially on people with non-classical symptoms who have indeed turned out Positive for HSV after numerous doctors denied any HSV possibility.
It's really hard to say what it is. I will say I agree with your Dr's as this does not sound like hsv at all. The virus simply put does not act this way. The sores in your mouth do not sound like hsv either.
I don't mean to be explicit but is it possible your boyfriend is larger than you down there?
This is not hsv related.
I don't mean to be explicit but is it possible your boyfriend is larger than you down there?
This is not hsv related.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
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STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
