Have you ever had flu symptoms before an HSV-1 outbreak?

It sounds to me like you had an outbreak of HSV-1 after suffering from a cold/flu. This is perfectly normal. HSV-1 stays latent in your body and gets reactivated on certain circumstances. The presence of concurrent disease like upper respiratory disease (such as cold) often leads to the reactivation of herpes. read more

If by that small chance you did get it, hsv ONE is very mild and most likely if you even had an outbreak it would likely be only one time (this is the fact my doctor told me), or with very very few recurrences. read more

Inside the mouth is not typical for HSV-1 to reside in with exception to the primary outbreak. read more