Aa
Aa
A
A
A
Close
Avatar universal

herpes or not?

ok to start off with im a very paranoid and hypochondriac person  and this has been on my mind for the past 24 hours. and id appreciate any help and advice i can get!

so yesterday someone with a pimple like thing (which i dont know if its a cold sore or not) on his lip touched my lip with his hand so i started thinking what if he had just touched his lip and so on.. so a while later i started getting a tingling sensation on my lip and looked in the mirror and it looked like a whitehead was forming. Now i know that when someone gets infected with herpes it takes more than 2 hours fr the virus to kick in but ill go on..

a few months ago i got a pimple on my upper lip.. i dont know if its herpes or not. Its not the first time that happens to me.. i had one 2 years ago as well and the thing is ive googled pictures of cold sores and mine looks nothing like tht. they just look like normal pimples but they stay for MONTHS. and it scars too. So my question is. Can herpes just look like pimples as well? and if i dont have herpes why does it tingle?

Thanks!
2 Responses
Sort by: Helpful Oldest Newest
Avatar universal
thanks Grace!
do u have any idea what it could be though?
Helpful - 0
101028 tn?1419603004
this is not a risk at all for oral herpes if indeed it's what this person had.  

http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_oralherpes.cfm  has accurate info for more reading on hsv orally.

anything that stays for months and scars isn't due to herpes.

grace

Helpful - 0
Have an Answer?

You are reading content posted in the Herpes Community

Didn't find the answer you were looking for?
Ask a question
Popular Resources
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.