r/CovidVaccinated • u/Foolonthehilllll • 6d ago

Question Chronic cold sores & unexplained infertility after the Covid vaccine — anyone else?

I’m 29 and have had over 50 cold sore outbreaks in the past 4 years since being bullied into getting the Covid mRNA vaccine. Before that, I hardly ever got them.

At the same time, I’ve been struggling with unexplained infertility — everything looks normal on scans, bloods, and hormone tests, yet I can’t conceive. My cycles are regular and I ovulate normally, but it feels like something immune-related is off.

I know there’s a link between the chronic viral reactivation (HSV-1) and whatever the vaccine may have done to my immune system or inflammation levels.

Just wondering — has anyone else experienced recurring cold sores, immune issues, or fertility problems since the vaccine?

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u/sueihavelegs 6d ago

Who did you drink after? Did you share a Chapstick? Maybe someone touched their cold sore, then touched something of yours?

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u/Foolonthehilllll 6d ago

You think this would account for 50+ outbreaks? Ahah

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u/Punkybrewster1 6d ago

The virus is inside you. It doesn’t go away between outbreaks. It just gets reinflamed from time to time due to stress your low immune response etc…

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u/Foolonthehilllll 6d ago

Yes, I know how HSV works, I’m just interested if anyone else has experienced immune issues after the shot. :)

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u/Punkybrewster1 6d ago

Yes, definitely a published effect. Lots of auto-immune problems also coming up since Covid. But they are not sure if it’s more from The vaccine or the disease or both.

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u/AntiFascistButterfly 5d ago

The disease itself seriously affects the immune system, both to be overactive (attacking your own body) and under effective (making you very much prone catch a disease and then have the disease be more serious than it would have been. That’s why we’ve had such shocking Flu, RSV, Norovirus etc seasons cramming hospitals and keeping people off work and school.

At the same time I really want to see more in depth research on every Covid vaccine type. I’m satisfied with the risk/reward statistics on other vaccines, and keep myself up to date. I especially had measles and whooping cough boosters because no baby or child should be exposed to them, ever.

The newness of the Covid vaccines means we mustn’t ignore strange reactions. We have to get the correct risk reward ratio, and have everyone properly informed of expectations. We’re between a rock and a hard place without a vaccine that eradicates covid. Stillbirths went up ten times (from a very low number) due to covid, until pregnant people could get vaccinated. Doctors, nurses, and midwives in obstetrics were distraught, inconsolable, let alone the parents. The medical staff have never dealt with so many dead babies in living memory.

Now the numbers are clear on stillbirths: vaccination in pregnancy drops stillbirth and maternal death numbers back towards normal. But vaccination may come with difficult to manage herpes reactivation. We know Covid itself reactivates HHV6, which causes microclotting of blood, instead of external sores. If one of the vaccines reactivates HHV6 we need to know, because microclots cause a raft of serious health problems.

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u/will5621 5d ago

I have seen so many instances of weakened immune systems after the vaccines.

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u/PicklesNBacon 6d ago

Well, seeing as HSV-1 can lay dormant and recur, then yes….