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HELP ME!
I recall about a month ago a friend of mine having a cold sore when we were out drinking one night. I'm not sure if we shared a drink or if i had any contact with anything he put on his mouth. I do recall recently maybe a month or so having a swollen lip burning like with a sore behind it and and pimple lesion on my upper lip on the other side of my mouth. I still can feel the bump where the pimple was. I so scared I could have caught something. I am sick to my stomach I don't know what to do.
i have a problem on the skin of my penis, a pimple look like appear on it, so itchy and painful, i used acne ointment and it disappear, but after a few day in come again, and this is repeated again and again after i put a treatment. My problem get worst when my skin in my balls is so painful, it just like a burn skin, a oil is coming out, and fleshy smell, pls. help me how to cure this one
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I feel I've answered all the questions that are helpful on this thread - no more posts will occur.
Terri
Terri
Two words: Chill out. HSV-1 oral herpes is not a big deal, at all. Do you realize that most of the population carries the virus? In many cases, HSV-1 is picked up during childhood years. Start eating, start sleeping, and get tested if it will make you feel better. There is no reason to be feeling this way, especially over something that you don't even know you have.
After reading through a bunch of medhelp forums and information on various websites. It sounds like it is very easy to contract both kinds of herpes. My biggest worry is HSV-1 i have had no symptoms at all, its just i keep reading and hearing you can have no symptoms and still be infected. Im so scared i cant eat or sleep.
Terri i also remember being at the strip club and having the girl kiss me around my face and we kind of rubbed faces but i cant remember if we kissed on the lips. I'm just real anxious i don't know if i go get tested tomorrow that ill have to worry about waiting to get tested again.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No, none.
Terri
Terri
I also recall visiting a gentleman's club about a month ago. I did not engage in anything besides slight mutual masturbation. Is this any risk to have contracted any form of herpes?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I don't think you have a medical reason to be tested, no. But if it makes you feel better, you can. This exposure didn't put you at risk, but if you want to know if you have herpes already, you can be tested any time.
Terri
Terri
In your medical opinion do i have any medical reason to get tested. I feel like my anxiety is making me feel like i have something but dont even know about it.
when should i get tested?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Oral herpes is not usually transmitted via something to drink or sharing utensils, etc. About half the population has HSV 1, the cause of cold sores, so it wouldn't be surprising if you were infected, often children get infected with the cold sore virus. The symptoms that you describe are quite general, and I can't say what might be causing them. If you want to know if you have HSV 1 or HSV 2, an IgG antibody test would be your best bet - do not get IgM testing, just IgG. But from your description, I would say it is unlikely that THIS is oral herpes, though I certainly can't tell for sure
Terri
Terri
You are reading content posted in the Herpes Forum
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.
