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Could The Cold Sore Be Mistook As Herpes In A Test?

I am a female w/ a female partner. She was diagnosed with Herpes on her mouth. Now she thinks I gave it to her but, I am clean. Prior to the diagnosis she, kissed her sister who had cold sores, then got burned by hot soup, and bit by an insect at the site the sore developed, after performing oral sex w/ me. it got more irritated, i told her that should be normal since it was sore and secretions can do that to a wound. We were both shocked that this wound was diagnosed as herpes when she went in for routine bloodwork-can the diagnosis be wrong and I am sure from researching online she got a cold sore from kissing her sister from the burn and insect bite and it deve;oped into herpes. she also once had cellulitis under her underarm and may have had MRSR (spelling) and I think this could have caused her to have this bacteria still.

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Hi, thanks for sharing your and your partner's health concerns with HCM!

With such presentations in my clinic, I would first take swabs from the secretion of the vesicle to examine it under microscope; it generally confirms Herpes infection...which is a life long infection with intercurrent flare-ups when body's immunity power is low! However, there is every possibility that some other infective pathology could be mis-interpreted as Herpes labialis; serology is confusing in many cases...a clinical examination is must because the lesions are quite typical!

So kindly Work with your primary care Doctor to examine it as I stated above.

Please let me know if you have further questions before meeting your primary care Doctor.
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Could The Cold Sore Be Mistook As Herpes In A Test?

Hi, thanks for sharing your and your partner s health concerns with HCM! With such presentations in my clinic, I would first take swabs from the secretion of the vesicle to examine it under microscope; it generally confirms Herpes infection...which is a life long infection with intercurrent flare-ups when body s immunity power is low! However, there is every possibility that some other infective pathology could be mis-interpreted as Herpes labialis; serology is confusing in many cases...a clinical examination is must because the lesions are quite typical! So kindly Work with your primary care Doctor to examine it as I stated above. Please let me know if you have further questions before meeting your primary care Doctor.