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cold sore
Does having a cold sore mean that you have an std?? or is a cold sore just a cold sore?
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Yes a cold sore could mean you have a STD(such as a herpes outbreak), but it also could mean you have a cold sore. If it's been there for longer than a 3 weeks-month, I would go and let the doctor check out(better safe than sorry).~Potential.
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a cold sore is a form of herpies. but you don't usually get them from sex. they are very contaigous and you can get them easily by using the same chapstick as someone who has it or drinking out of soemone's cup who has it
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Im sorry, but everyone is WRONG!
A cold sore is ALWAYS viral herpes. No, this is not the sexually transmitted disease however if your cold sore were to come in contact with your partners genital area than he/she could develop genital herpes.
Viral herpes can occur from being in contact with someone who has a cold sore (kissing, oral sex..etc), however it is nothing to worry about. They advertise cold sore medications, because a ton of people get them. It is absolutely nothing to spaz about you, and you can only pass the disease of VIRAL herpes on if your partner were to come in contact with you while you have an outbreak (not true of genital herpes), however a cold sore looks like a pimple, so you might be stressing over nothing, but even so itll go away in a few days and most likely will not come back.
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A cold sore is (-usually-) just a cold sore. Nothing more.
It should go away in a few days, but if you are conserned then you should talk to a health professional.
-L
p.s. the person below me is wrong... unless you have come in the right type of contact with a person with herpes, then a cold sore does NOT mean that you will absolutley get it if untreated.
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hey, well a cold sore is actually the beginning step towards having herpes. if treated then you should be fine.
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It could be either, I've had cold sores before but they weren't from STD's. If they don't go away within 2 weeks, get them checked out by a doctor.
-Jam
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