Can you get herpes this way

[Ayejay82]

I was smokeing a cigg with my friend and i did not know that he had herpes.  1 question can i get it that way... And 2 question can i get it on my tansule like that? I ask because i have a puss ball on the back of my tansle next to my uvula.... Can some one help

[LivingInHope]

See private message for National Institute of Health info on oral herpes.

[Ayejay82]

Yea do u think its lickly that i could have it or unlikly there where no soures that he had

[LivingInHope]

To try to alleviate your mind about this, that's a good idea.

[Ayejay82]

I think ill just go see a doc today and get it ova with

[LivingInHope]

Well, I'd recommend gargling with warm salt water and if isn't gone in a couple of weeks, see a doctor about it.  Mine was around the area where a tonsil used to be, I think (I had a tonsillectomy surgery as a youngster).

[Ayejay82]

Yea its just that one spot but my right tansle

[LivingInHope]

Yes you can get herpes simplex when sharing something that way with someone who has the virus.  

I don't know if it would cause the apparent infection next to your uvula.  Sometimes, a bit of food can get caught back there and cause inflammation.  Sometimes, a blocked salivary gland (I had this) at the back of the throat can cause infection and pus comes.  It's one lone solitary spot back there, correct?  If you have the spot longer than two weeks, see a doctor (preferrably an ear, nose and throat specialist) to get the spot at the back biopsied if needed.  That was going to be my next step- to rule out cancer- if the antibiotic they gave me did not clear it up.  But the antibiotic cleared up my problem of  a white spote with red around it at the back of my throat.  If I had a lot of white back there, I would have wanted to find out if I had strep throat.