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Born with Herpes Simplex I
I have gotten cold sores since elementary school and manage them fairly well now (I am 21). I used to always get so mad because I was the only one of my friends with this problem and it was embarrassing having to call it "herpes". My mom always tried to comfort me and would say how it's really unfortunate I was born with it. But she doesn't have type I or type II herpes... So I'm starting to feel very unsure and confused as to how I was possibly born with it or acquired it so young?
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Coldsores are always herpes.
Always.
You can be born with them, sure. Passed along from your mother during childbirth. Most certainly.
It's still herpes though.
My mother believes that coldsores are something a person catches like the flu virus.
Mothers aren't always correct.
Coldsores = herpes
Always.
Don't believe me still?
Go to your doctor. Have some bloodwork done, specify you want them to look for HSV-1 AND HSV-2. I promise you, one of those will come up positive.
During an outbreak...have your doctor swab the sore a bit and test it for HSV-1 and HSV-2. I promise you, one of those will come up positive.
You don't have to go around screaming, "My cold sore is herpes!"
But it's the truth. You can deny it all you want. It's still the truth.
I caught hsv-1 from my mother when I was about 4 years old. I remember being in kindergarten and going to school with my first-ever outbreak, which hurt SO badly. My mother had innocently passed it to me, and still doesn't even understand what herpes is.
And, of course, there are SO many people who pass it along through innocent kissing. How many times have you seen parents kiss a newborn on the face and lips? All of the time! All of the time! They think nothing of it. The truth is, even when there isn't an outbreak, the virus can spread. So, they might have not even experienced an outbreak recently but still passed it along--and it may have SEEMED like you were born with it if you contracted it very early--but, chances are, you probably weren't born with it. I say this because if it's passed on through the delivery process then the baby is usually born blind or has sores on the face/eyes/nose, too.
Yes. Yes. Yes. It's herpes.
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