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Cold sore or something else?...
Last night when I was laying in bed I was moving my mouth around and I noticed that it kind of hurt. So this morning when woke up and I went and looked at my lip and there's a red bump on my upper lip. It doesn't hurt if I don't touch it, only if I scrunch up my lips and if I press on it but it doesn't hurt enough to cause discomfort. It doesn't burn or itch. Is it a pimple, or a cold core, or possibly something else?
Update- it no longer hurts.
Update- it no longer hurts.
Unless you kissed them with a sore, there are no issues.
Blood testing is IgG antibody testing. A negative here is about 90% accurate.
Thus chances are this is not HSV1.
Blood testing is IgG antibody testing. A negative here is about 90% accurate.
Thus chances are this is not HSV1.
I have been tested, I think last October. I had a blood culture done and came back negative. But I've been around the virus at school but never came into contact with their sores. But I will say that they were touching their sores and then touched other people and objects.
Have you ever tested for HSV1? I don't see any reason why you should test now but you may have had a test for various reasons in the past.
Your description is not narrowing in on any particular lesion type so could be any number of things.
Your description is not narrowing in on any particular lesion type so could be any number of things.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
