Should I be worried?

[SKA9076]

Hi All,

First off, I would like to say what a great forum this is. I have learned a lot. Hopefully I am not repeating myself here, as ive seen similar questions, but im a little bit paranoid. I recently engaged in french kissing with a guy (i know he was promiscus in the past). He had no overt blisters on his mouth (not sure about inside, but i doubt it). I asked him if he ever gets HSV1 and he said no (but ppl can lie im sure). I myself have never had any signs or symptoms of cold sores in as long as ive been alive. my question is, what are my chances of getting HSV1 or HSV2 from him? I know thwy say HSV2 in the mouth is really rare, but even the thought that is "could" happen is a little scary. im assuming mouth-to-mouth trasmission of HSV2 would almost be impossible? but what if it did happen, and someone has HSV2 in the mouth, could that person then pass it to someones genitals? and then if you have sex with that person could you then get it on your genitals too (hope that makes sense lol)? Also, this could be my own paranoia...but about one month later after kissing this person, i developed such a severe sore throat, my one throat gland was super swollen, white patches in my mouth, muscle aches...my doctor diagnosed it as strep throat (mind you, there were no blister on my mouth or in my mouth that i saw)...i know i should go with that the doctor said, especially with no cold sores on my mouth. am i just a worrier to think this was a herpes outbreak?

[gracefromHHP]

you already know this was strep so why continue to worry?

have you ever been tested for herpes to know your own status?

[SKA9076]

Thank you so much Grace, your information was very informative. After reading back my question, I realized I had forgotten an additional question. I know it's more like than not, that my symptoms were just strep throat, and especially since a good 30 days after the encounter went by, I would assume if it was oral herpes (HSV-1, not likely it would be HSV-2 as its rare), then it would have shown up much quicker, especially if it was my primary infection? I know that people can have the virus, but never have symptoms, but for arguements sake, lets assume I do not have it. Does this sound like an initial/primary outbreak? I had absolutely no cold sores on my mouth nor in my mouth (although its a little harder to see inside the mouth, but im fairly certain nothing was in there, most of them would be on the actual lips?)...so my question really is, grace, could an initial/primary infection with a sore throat, swollen glands and no blisters be common in herpes? or do blisters always have to be present?

[Worried5662]

Thank you so much for your answer. It made sense and helped me a lot.

[gracefromHHP]

it's not likely you'd contract hsv2 orally from kissing someone. Not many folks have hsv2 orally and those who do don't shed the virus often to transmit to anyone.

statistically 1 out of every 2-3 people you've ever kissed has hsv1 orally. do you usually worry after you kiss folks?

white patches in the mouth usually aren't due to herpes. certainly sounds like something non-herpes going on.

grace