Could I have . . ??

[julie_777]

Hi. I'm a sixteen year old female and I think I'm freaking out mostly because I have a not so severe Mysophobia. I drank by accident out of my friends water bottle and he's sexually active and I fear that I now may have oral herpes because I seem to have the symptoms. I'm sorry I must seem insane but I know  him very well and all of the oral sex etc. I've been experiencing a slight sore throat and I've gotten well it wasn't really a big sore, a small canker sore but I didn't bite myself on my inner lip. Then while it was healing I got a scratch on my right inner cheek and they've both healed pretty quickly. Now I have a miniscule cut at the very end of my inner lip. Nothing has appeared on the outside of lips and I drank from his bottle about 2 weeks ago approximately.

But because of my slightly stuffy nose, my coughing and sometimes with phlegm - I also suspect it might be the common cold or just allergies because of the climate change, I even suspect anxiety because of finals week. I just can not see where the sore comes in.

Thanks

[gracefromHHP]

at your age you are only going to contract oral herpes from either performing oral sex on someone or from kissing someone.  1 out of every 3 people you know, has oral herpes. it's THAT common and you might even have contracted it yourself as a child even if you can't recall a history of cold sores.  

Other very common germs are easily transmitted from sharing drinks - including colds.  A sore throat is more likely because of that than it is from oral herpes.

grace

[julie_777]

* Mysophobia is also known as germaphobia