Dear doctor,

I am a girl of 22 years, now suffering from some sort of sexual problems. I am suffering with the symptoms of the Genital HSV1 for a week. I experience fever, swollen glands, pains and many blisters in my genital areas. This is happening after 15 weeks since I had sex with my previous boyfriend. A swab test done when the symptoms were seen showed positive. A blood test was also done after intercourse with the previous partner, about 15 weeks from the previous partner was showed negative. But a repeated test showed it positive after 11 weeks. I know that it is me who has to be blamed, as my previous partner suffered from some cold sore, immediately a few days after sex. Moreover my new boyfriend was in a relationship with only a single girl, for a long time and he had not experienced any cold sores. Also I haven't done much research about this, as I do now. My boyfriend told that he had done the blood test and it showed negative. But I am not pretty sure about it because I haven't seen the report. Also, here I remember my medical history of having soreness, but not blisters, which was previously found and confirmed as eczema and for that hydrocortisone was prescribed. I was applying it on a daily basis, without knowing whether it is HSV1 or not. After applying hydrocortisone, some symptoms declined but ulcers started appearing and that made me think that it is due to HSV1. Is it possible that the hydrocortisone suppressed my entire immune system? Is it that suppression made HSV1 flare up and appear with severe symptoms? Was the HSV1 present there earlier and the outbreak was just a recurrence? My doctor told that it was a primary infection. But I think it is likely that my previous partner with cold sores was affected with HSV1 and I contracted with the disease from him. So now, I am in a conclusion that it I was affected by the virus from my previous boyfriend (now ex) than from the previous partner. Also I believe that the hydrocortisone usage has influenced my immune system and it caused the viral attack to increase severity of symptoms.I don't know whether I should info kk.rm my previous partners about my disease. I think it could help them at least to test whether they have contracted with the disease or not and to take necessary preventive steps to stop the outbreak of the severe symptoms I am suffering now. Also, is there any way to completely treat and cure the disease? Actually I am not pretty sure about who gave the virus to me, and that makes me confused when I got affected and will it get cured. So please help me out of this at the earliest. I hope that you will take into concern that I am a lady and needs privacy while in treatment and post treatment. Hope yourlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll help at the earliest and thanks in advance.