RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HSV 1 NOT SURE IF I SHOULD BE TAKING MEDICINE OR NOT , NOT SURE IF I EVER HAD AN OUTBREAK NOT SURE IF ITS ORAL OR GENITAL . I ALSO TESTED 8.0 NOT SURE IF IT’S NEW INFECTION OR OLD INFECTION .. PLS HELP !!!
Hi niya
If by medicines you mean antivirals, I would say no. The main point of antivirals is to reduce the severity and frequency of outbreaks. Also to reduce how infective you are during an outbreak. You arn’t having outbreaks so there’s no point taking antivirals.
What prompted you to get tested?
well first i had a blister on my top gum i was told from the doctor its because of hot food but i didnt think much of it a month later i had lil bumps on my mons pubis but i was told it was folliculities from just shaving & bv
also never had oral sex
As you probably know, HSVI loves growing on lips but will occasionally infect the genitals.
If no one has ever gone down on you it seems highly unlikely you have genital HSV1.
The blister on your gum doesn’t sound right for Herpes either as its usually on the lips causing a cold sore. Indeed your doctor didn’t believe this was Herpes either.
I expect you will have had it for a long while and picked it up on your lips. Possibly by being kissed as a child by a relative.
Some time in the future you might get a cold sore. If I were you I would put this to the back of your mind until then and just get on with your life.