Change in herpes symptoms

Hi

I have suffered with cold sores since I was a teenager and during the first 10-15 years I would get outbreaks normally if I was stressed, tired, unwell or been out in sunshine. This last one was really annoying as I would just return from a lovely holiday only to find that within a couple of days I would get a cold sore! My cold sores were always on my lip.

For the last 20 plus years, I have probably only had about 3 cold sores in this whole time - in fact I thought I had seen the last of them.

Then last summer I went into hospital for a heart procedure and within 3 days of coming home, I developed a really bad viral cold. As that began to subside, I developed a really bad sore on the outside of one of my nostrils - it was so sore but I put it down to blowing my nose a lot. However in the last 12 months, I have had these outbreaks virtually every month. I have also had 4 colds!

I believe these sores on my nose are cold sores as they are small blisters but they are totally different to my teenage cold sores.

Does anyone know if it is possible to be infected by a different type of herpes virus? At the moment it is pretty virulent and unpleasant.

I have never consulted my gp about my cold sores but I was seriously thinking of doing so.

Any thoughts?

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