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Is it herpes or am I overwhelmed

Hi Doctors and thank you very much for this great too!
I've been married for the past four years until I got separated on October 2008. I met a girl three weeks ago exactly. Which 1/2/2009. We went to bar and she got so drunk. She started kissing me. We kissed for only five minutes and I was feeling good about the whole situation, so i left.
The second morning i got so paranoid looking in mirror for bump everywhere. i felt that a had a little fever, but it was not the case.
She didn't have any obvious sores, I didn't touch here elsewhere.
my questions, is it possible that a person get gentile HSV through kissing if the other person is infected or its limited to oral sex.
I’ve been feeling like my lips burn, but i think its all on my head. This morning i woke up and noticed a single, small 'pimple' at the base of my penis, in the hair follice area found a small hard little bump. it doesn't look like its filled with liquid.
I’ve been feeling like i have a penile discharge, when i go to the bathroom to check it, my underwear and penis feels dry. Is this in my head as well?
I have no reason to suspect the person I kissed has herpes but I can't get the idea out of my head.  I realize the risk from a single exposure is low, especially if his status is unknown, but everything I have read on the Internet about herpes is freaking me out.

Thanks for the help!
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Thank you grace for very much,
You made my life a lot easier !
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This is not the doctor's forum - you need to pay to post there.  

You really, really, REALLY need to learn  more about std's if you are planning on dating more.  I recommend you visit www.ashastd.org and read up on them to better educate yourself so that you are prepared for when you do get to the point of having sex.  Also ifyou didn't have a full std screening since you've been seperated, you should consider getting one so that you are sure of your status before you start being intimate with someone again.  Assume nothing about yourself or your former partner.

Can you get genital herpes from kissing someone? Absolutely not!!!  Genital herpes can only be acquired if someone has contact with your genital area - either oral to genital contact or genital to genital contact.  

As for kissing - 1 out of every 2-3 adults you've ever kissed in a lifetime has had hsv1 orally. it's incredibly common and even if you can't recall ever having a cold sore yourself, you might even have it.  Not many of us get to teh old folks home without hsv1.  

You need to stop checking yourself and you need to stop worrying about kissing this gal!  You were more at risk for the common cold than you were anything else.

grace
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