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Hi,

For Christmas this year I (20F) got genital herpes! It totally ruined this Christmas spirit.

I'm not sure what type I have exactly. I had an outbreak of sores on my mouth (nothing like cold sores) and some on my vagina at the same time, and only the mouth ones were able to be tested and came up as HSV1. However, I've had cold sores practically my whole life so I'm not sure if it was a new outbreak or if it was flaring up because my stress level was very high and because of the outbreak I had on my genitals. I think the hardest part is not knowing what kind of genital herpes I have currently. I'll get blood tested in a few months, and see if I come back with HSV2 or not. 

I don't know where I got it. I told my two most recent partners. The one, K, went and got blood tested and said he was negative for both, and the other, M, said he was going to get tested but I'm not sure if I'll hear back from him. They were both nice about it and thanked me...but I could sense they didn't really want to talk to me any longer. Well, K wished me a Happy New Years which was nice. It's not like I particularly cared about either of these guys, but I'm trying to be hopeful about my future dating prospects and they're not helping haha.

I guess I'm here because I know nobody in real life that has this same thing, and I was hoping to meet and talk to other people who had it. I guess I'll go explore the site now.

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This forum is full of some great information and wonderful people. I too was diagnosed this month. It is a learning process and you have to keep an open mind....

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Hello everyone. For those of you who dont know there is a promising vaccine created by Rational Vaccines, called theravax. Dr. Halford has asked that we petition our local congressmen to bring the vaccine to america. I decided to start a petition that we can submit to congress to bring awareness to this condition they deem "no big deal." if everyone could please sign and share maybe we can all get one step closer to a normal life again.

 

https://www.change.org/p/rational-vaccines-hsv-vaccination-brought-to-united-states?recruiter=659087102&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

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Having this virus oral will actually help prevent you from getting it genital, although not 100%.  

There are so many other things that can cause symptoms similar to this virus.  Here is a link to a post that talks about what is commonly confused with this virus:

https://www.herpes-coldsores.com/conditions_confused_with_herpes.htm

Unless you have a sore they can sway you may not know for 16 weeks since you think you were infected because that is the length of time most experts say to get tested.

Good luck!

JB

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