Question about oral herpes

I am having a fear of Oral Herpes.  On Thursday last week I had really bad burning lips and some what appeard to be puffy lips.  They were red but I had been out in the sun in and out of AC.  So I figured crap... I kissed a girl there was no signs of sores but she was wearing a LOT of makeup.  So I don't know.  This was on May 28.  The next couple of days I have watched my lips like a hawk I don't see anything except this one spot that appears to be a little raised but it is not like any of the pictures I can see.  The doctor said when I showed him on the friday my lips he thought it could be a fever blister.  I was running a fever (99.3).  But during the week time I haven't seen any REAL blister there.  I had a sore throat kind of itchy and not so painful but does get hard to swalow  The sore throat has been going on for the last 4 days.  The lips don't burn but do feel puffy.  If I touch my lips where this spot appears to like raised but its not.  The stuff I am feeling is only mainly towards the CENTER of the top lip. They also itch.

I saw a dermatolgist yesterday and he didn't see anything to be worried about but did give me oxistat and xyzal. Does this sound like an initial infection?  Given the time frame should I be worried?  This kissing took place and the "burning" started 21 days.  Or is this something else.  Would the blisters hurt when I touch it?

my questions

[nicks5th]

Also I poked at a few places on the lips that I thought could be blisters with a needle and I didn't get blood but I also didn't get fluid.  If that makes any sense.

[stupiddumbgirlwhoshouldaknewbetter]

Sorry Nick.  I don't think it's possible to give an opinion on this.  But you saw a derm and they didn't think it was anything to be worried about.  It doesn't get much better than that.  

Generally, I would think that the chances of catching this from a quick kissing session (when you didn't even see a lesion) are a bit low to say the least.  I am positive for HSV1 because I had cold sores as a kid.  I haven't had a cold sore on my lips for decades now.  I will blushingly admit to having had my fair share of kisses and have kissed thousands of people on the cheek in the past few years.  Guess what!  I have never passed HSV1 to anybody.  But, even if I had, frankly it would not be the end of the world.  In common with most people on the planet, you may already have it.

[petal130]

This doesn't sound herpes related. For goodness sake, don't poke at your lips with a needle enough to make them bleed!

Oral herpes is incredibly common; about 60% of the adult population has it and most of us won't make it to the old folks home without it.

Could you have oral herpes? Sure - many of us get it in childhood. Perhaps become educated and give up the fear of what it is. Pretty much 1 out of every 2-3 people you kiss will have oral herpes.

Read more here to become educated:

http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_oralherpes.cfm  oral herpes