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My gosh, I am really freaking myself out Terri. I honestly trust your opinion and advice though, so i’m hoping you can help me with this problem. After doing so much research, I am really confused as to where my hsv 1 infection is located at. I also paid for new questions.
As I stated before in Jan of 2013, I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with my ex boyfriend. Anyway, about 2 weeks later I got a yeast infection, or what I thought was a yeast infection. It started with my vagina internally being sore and midly itched. I never looked in the mirror for bumps or lesions though, I just know i didn’t feel any. I had a whitish discharge that smelt like yeast. It may have been kind of yellowish, but i’m almost CERTAIN it was white and thick. I immediately thought he had given me chlamydia, but then i decided I would try over the counter meds and if that didn’t help, then i would go to the doctor. I used monistat and after a day i felt better, and 100% better by the second day. My ex did not have any sores on his mouth. I’m scared because Dr. HHH has stated that yeast infections typically do not have a smell to them, yet all of my friends that get yeast infections get a “yeast like smell” as well. My vagina was not throbbing, and i did not have any flu like symptoms. In June of 2013 i got tested for the first time ever, and got tested for everything. Everything came back negative besides hsv 1 with an index value of >8.0. I’ve never gotten another yeast infection since or unusual symptoms since.
Back to my childhood. I use to kiss my boyfriend on the mouth all the time when he had cold sores on his lips, but never got an outbreak. Then in 7th grade I woke up with multiple blisters underneath my nose that were clustered together and inside a red ring. It itched and burned super bad. I went to my doctor and she diagnosed it as herpes, but then changed her diagnosis to impentigo when she found out i wasn’t sexually active. I got this same blister like sore in July of 2013, but thought it was just impentigo again. I’ve been reading conflicting information on the internet and cannot decipher if these were cold sores or impentigo. I’ve read that usually an individual only gets impentigo one time in their life and does not usually occur in older individuals. I was 19 when i got the second outbreak. I’ve also read that impentigo usually occurs underneath the nose and cold sores are around the mouth, but then have also read that cold sores do occur underneath the nose as well. The second time i got an outbreak i remember scratching underneath my nose and then the next day got these blisters in a cluster. I’ve read that impentigo is caused by a scratch that gets infected, but cold sores usually come back in the same place, and my breakouts came back in the same place.
questions:
Based on my history, do you believe my hsv 1 infection is orally or genitally?
Should i be concerned about this yeast infection i got two weeks after oral sex?
As I stated before in Jan of 2013, I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with my ex boyfriend. Anyway, about 2 weeks later I got a yeast infection, or what I thought was a yeast infection. It started with my vagina internally being sore and midly itched. I never looked in the mirror for bumps or lesions though, I just know i didn’t feel any. I had a whitish discharge that smelt like yeast. It may have been kind of yellowish, but i’m almost CERTAIN it was white and thick. I immediately thought he had given me chlamydia, but then i decided I would try over the counter meds and if that didn’t help, then i would go to the doctor. I used monistat and after a day i felt better, and 100% better by the second day. My ex did not have any sores on his mouth. I’m scared because Dr. HHH has stated that yeast infections typically do not have a smell to them, yet all of my friends that get yeast infections get a “yeast like smell” as well. My vagina was not throbbing, and i did not have any flu like symptoms. In June of 2013 i got tested for the first time ever, and got tested for everything. Everything came back negative besides hsv 1 with an index value of >8.0. I’ve never gotten another yeast infection since or unusual symptoms since.
Back to my childhood. I use to kiss my boyfriend on the mouth all the time when he had cold sores on his lips, but never got an outbreak. Then in 7th grade I woke up with multiple blisters underneath my nose that were clustered together and inside a red ring. It itched and burned super bad. I went to my doctor and she diagnosed it as herpes, but then changed her diagnosis to impentigo when she found out i wasn’t sexually active. I got this same blister like sore in July of 2013, but thought it was just impentigo again. I’ve been reading conflicting information on the internet and cannot decipher if these were cold sores or impentigo. I’ve read that usually an individual only gets impentigo one time in their life and does not usually occur in older individuals. I was 19 when i got the second outbreak. I’ve also read that impentigo usually occurs underneath the nose and cold sores are around the mouth, but then have also read that cold sores do occur underneath the nose as well. The second time i got an outbreak i remember scratching underneath my nose and then the next day got these blisters in a cluster. I’ve read that impentigo is caused by a scratch that gets infected, but cold sores usually come back in the same place, and my breakouts came back in the same place.
questions:
Based on my history, do you believe my hsv 1 infection is orally or genitally?
Should i be concerned about this yeast infection i got two weeks after oral sex?
Thank you so much for your response. It put me at ease.
Do you think this yeast infection was just a yeast infection based on the symptoms I described?
It has not re-occurred and monistat seemed to clear it up.
Do you think this yeast infection was just a yeast infection based on the symptoms I described?
It has not re-occurred and monistat seemed to clear it up.
Well over 90% chance you have an oral HSV1 infection. The sheer weight of numbers of those infected in their youth makes this so. It also means you are extremely unlikely to become infected genitally owing to the immune system activity.
It also doesn't matter very much which location a person has HSV1. It is more infectious from the oral region. Hence between an active sexual couple it is not relevant and vey likely to be less chance of infection from the genital region. Partners with HSV1 already are at essentially no further risk.
Hence there is no need to be definitive on this subject. However it is entirely reasonable to assume your infection is oral.
It also doesn't matter very much which location a person has HSV1. It is more infectious from the oral region. Hence between an active sexual couple it is not relevant and vey likely to be less chance of infection from the genital region. Partners with HSV1 already are at essentially no further risk.
Hence there is no need to be definitive on this subject. However it is entirely reasonable to assume your infection is oral.
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