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Was this even herpes?
Almost 2 years ago I experienced unprotected sex for the first time with a close friend of mine. She never had anything and we had both gone +2 years without intimacy before the sex. We performed oral on each other.
I haven't had any symptoms since June 2009, but when I DID:
The first occurrence started a month after the sex with:
- lips feeling like they are burning
- getting a blister on my lip
- scabbing over, along with a sore spot in the corner of my mouth
- sore taste buds on my tongue as well
The next occurrence was more mild with only a lip blister and soreness in the corner of my mouth.
It came up once more with the same mild symptoms but that time I noticed a couple of red sore spots on my penis. Which surprised me since it had been almost a year since I had sex with her.
The first doctor I went to just did a visual check of my mouth and penis and she said "Yep, herpes" and gave me a prescription for Acyclovir, but by then I was in remission.
I wanted to know for sure so I had blood work done at "Planned Parenthood". They checked for both type-1 and type-2 herpes and said I had NO antibodies and was never exposed to herpes.
So if it wasn't herpes, what the heck was it?
*** I'VE HAD NO RECURRENCES SINCE JUNE 2009 ***
I haven't had any symptoms since June 2009, but when I DID:
The first occurrence started a month after the sex with:
- lips feeling like they are burning
- getting a blister on my lip
- scabbing over, along with a sore spot in the corner of my mouth
- sore taste buds on my tongue as well
The next occurrence was more mild with only a lip blister and soreness in the corner of my mouth.
It came up once more with the same mild symptoms but that time I noticed a couple of red sore spots on my penis. Which surprised me since it had been almost a year since I had sex with her.
The first doctor I went to just did a visual check of my mouth and penis and she said "Yep, herpes" and gave me a prescription for Acyclovir, but by then I was in remission.
I wanted to know for sure so I had blood work done at "Planned Parenthood". They checked for both type-1 and type-2 herpes and said I had NO antibodies and was never exposed to herpes.
So if it wasn't herpes, what the heck was it?
*** I'VE HAD NO RECURRENCES SINCE JUNE 2009 ***
well next time you have symptoms in either location, go to be seen and get them swabbed and examined.
grace
grace
No, no sex since then (2 years ago)
Last outbreak was early June of last year.
The "no antibodies" was what gave me hope.
I didn't know what it was because it was a single blister on my lip, a sore spot in the corner of my lips and that happened a few times. The last time I had 3 red sore spots on my penis and it all just went away.
Last outbreak was early June of last year.
The "no antibodies" was what gave me hope.
I didn't know what it was because it was a single blister on my lip, a sore spot in the corner of my lips and that happened a few times. The last time I had 3 red sore spots on my penis and it all just went away.
even the best blood tests still miss 1 out of every 10 hsv1 infections. your oral symptoms do sound like they could be hsv1 orally. if they reoccur, get them swabbed to confirm.
your genital symptoms showing up 1 year later probably were not herpes going on. I assume you haven't had any sex since the encounter in question?
grace
your genital symptoms showing up 1 year later probably were not herpes going on. I assume you haven't had any sex since the encounter in question?
grace
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
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STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
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