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What Causes HSV 1 Infection?

After really, really rough sex with my long term boyfriend of almost a year, a few days later I began having yellow discharge and then i felt pain inside my vagina. I went to go see a nurse who examined me and told me i was torn inside my vagina. she said it was filled with pus that was leaking out of the tear and infected with bacteria. she took a swab of the tear to rule out herpes and did some other tests (I tested position chlamydia which I probably had for years and didn t know), also i had blood work done. for precaution, she gave me antivirals and antibiotics because we didnt know what caused the problem, so she just told me to take both medicines for precaution. the blood work that was done was for hsv-1 and hsv-2 igG. the hsv-2 was negative and hsv-1 was positive. the swab also showed hsv-1. I used to get frequent cold sores a long time ago, almost one cold sore every few weeks, but after time it stopped and has never happened again in years. I m wondering if that s why these tests were positive. it s been a month now and everything eventually healed. just want to understand the cause of the tear because it happened after really rough sex. is it possible that my previous cold sore infections are the reason these tests are positive? im very frustrated because I don t understand what s going on. thanks for your help, I appreciate it so much
Fri, 8 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Yes,the positive tests can be due to a previous medical history of herpes simplex infection.
The virus can be activated from time to time.
I suggest you to continue the antiviral medications given by your doctor.
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What Causes HSV 1 Infection?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Yes,the positive tests can be due to a previous medical history of herpes simplex infection. The virus can be activated from time to time. I suggest you to continue the antiviral medications given by your doctor. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.