Does anyone know anything about oral hsv2?

[kubrick1]

I’m really interested in hearing from anyone who has or knows about oral hsv2. About a year ago I gave oral sex to a girl and ever since then I’ve been having oral problems. The only physical change I’ve had is small fordyce spots in my mouth. They’ve been on the inside of my cheeks since about day three. Doctors say they are normal spots but they look irritated. I was given an antibiotic and then got a yeast infection. That cleared up within a month but now I have frequent burning pains. My lips burn, the roof of my mouth burns and the insides of my cheeks burn. There’s no water blisters or anything though. Any idea what this could be? I’ve had two hsv tests done and both showed nothing. I’m waiting on a western blot test just to be sure. Several oral swabs were done and I even had a biopsy. These too showed nothing. Something is definitely not right though. I just don’t know what else I can do. Any suggestions? Has anyone else experienced something like this?

[gracefromHHP]

It's doubtful that this has anything to do with herpes - either 1 or 2.  Hsv2 orally can occur but it's not all that common.  Past studies have estimated it to be the cause of only about 3% of all oral herpes infections.  In otherwise healthy folks who do happen to contract hsv2 orally - it never statistically reoccurs. There are some exceptions but overall that's the way it goes.  I wouldn't even bother with the WB.

I take it there's been no signs of yeast in the mouth with the swabs and the biopsy?  Do you feel like you are having a drier mouth than usual?  Are you following up with an ENT doctor for all this?

grace

[kubrick1]

Thank you so much for your response. There hasn’t been any dryness or anything. Blood work shows up clean and oral swabs show nothing. Been to three different ENT and they just look and say it’s fine but never do any tests. All the oral swabs I had done at urgent care. These were on a variety of occasions but they showed nothing bacterial wise so I guess that rules out gonorrhea, syphilis etc.

I know there’s only like a 2-3% chance of getting it from an oral encounter but nothing else really makes sense. According to this site hsv is the only real risk from oral on a female: http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/sfcityclinic/stdbasics/stdchart.asp  

Not sure how true that is. Herpes is usually episodic though isn’t it? This is pretty much constant. Burning mouth syndrome seems like a possibility but the bumps that appeared three days later seem to point to something more sinister. Not sure what to think. I’m wondering if an oral scrapping might yield more answers then just a simple swab. I’d just simply drop it up the pain is pretty bad.
Thanks again for your info.

[gracefromHHP]

Don't get caught up in the thinking that herpes is the root of all evil. There are zillions of other bacteria and viruses out there that can cause mouth symptoms.  It's so much more than just herpes and you'll just dry yourself nuts thinking that it has to be herpes and testing over and over and over again for it.  Don't even narrow your thinking to std related infections as the cause - it could be any bacteria out there.

I wish I could say - hey this sounds like X and if you take Y for it you'll feel better in no time but it sounds like your doctors are looking for the usual suspects already.  I know it's incredibly frustrating to know something is going on and no one can figure out what it is - been there, done that myself.  Continue to follow up on this with your doctors to try to figure out what is going on.  

I hope you get answers and relief soon!

grace