 [ Symptoms ] my husband was leaning on a metal rail and now that part of his chest has been sore for a month a little over a month a ago he leaned his chest the part right below left pectoral on the railing of fence for about a half hour to an hour long while fishing he has been complaining that that he has constant aching there since he did that not a sharp pain but just a constant nagging ache he has since gone to get chest xray ekg bloodwork etc to rule out his heart and they found nothing could it be caused by leaning on the rail [ Disease ] hi ok it seems if you already have one type of hsv it is harder to get the other type that is because the virus causes the body to produce antibodies that provide some crossover protection against the other type should it entering the body that is why when a person with a prior hsv infection does contract the other type the first episode tends to be less sever than in a person who has no prior antibodies hope this helps you good luck