I'll make this synopsis as brief as I can, as I wrote about it in a different thread in more detail.
I had a horrible unprotected very momentary encounter 8.5 weeks ago. Almost 2 weeks later, thought I had a yeast infection. Symptoms continued. I panicked and thought STI.
Three weeks to the day from the encounter I began to get cold sores, and my throat was irritated. I used Abreva on the cold sores for ten days.
I went for STI testing. The cold sores never opened or crusted, I thought because of the Abreva.
Everything STI has been negative.
Gon, chlym, trich, bv, syph, herp, hiv. All Neg.
HCP gave me ten days of Acyclovir for the cold sores which were still present. Still no change. Still the occassional tingle.
So I've had these cold sores, visible, not broken, not crusted, not gone for 5.5 weeks. Gyn said it's from stress and they won't go completely away until I calm down.
I'm wondering if it could be HPV instead of cold sores?
Does HPV ever tingle and hurt and present exactly like a cold sore, in a spot where you've had a cold sore previously?
I've never used Abreva before so I don't know how it would've reacted on me, and just kept the original cold sore in its same "in-limbo" condition?
I still can feel a slight tingle right this minute.
(I also had a "one swab" at Gyn and found one thing - ureaplasma. So I'm being treated with doxy 100 for ten days and HOPE this will cure the genital tingle and discomfort I'm feeling... but I'm still worried about HPV.)
And I guess especially worried that is actually what's going on with my mouth/throat and not really cold sores and stress. ?