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@HikingGirl I suppose that could be what happened- although I remember it pretty vividly, and it followed all of the phases of a herpes outbreak. Tingling, bumps, stinging open sores, and then crusty scabs. If I picked at them, like a teenager would, it would start over and spread. I looked great! From everything I've read, it really seems like you'd be highly unlikely to contract HSV-1 genitally- you probably have built up some immunity.

Hi everybody, I'm new here! So I just got diagnosed with genital HSV-1, my outbreak sucked, I think I most likely got it from oral sex and it was a recent infection (blood test was negative, swab was positive). I've spent all week sitting on an ice pack and doing non-stop research, like you do... but one thing that stood out to me in that research was that I actually *did* have herpes cold sores as a kid. The summer I turned thirteen, I had the grossest, most embarrassing blisters all around my mouth for what felt like a month (it was really tragic and memorable for me, clearly). The doctor called it herpes, I died a little inside, but it never came back. As an adult, I've been blood tested for HSVs and both have come up negative. My question is, WHERE DID MY ANTIBODIES GO? I shouldn't have been able to contract type 1 at all, mouth or genital, according to what I've read. Does anyone else have a similar history? Has my immune system just gone to shit?