HELP! is this herpes?

[honey2299]

I had a tiny red bump on my upper lip that was very hard to see unless i was up close to a mirror. I am the type of person to freak out when I think I may have a cold sore so i constantly was messing with it. I took double doses of my Valtrex and used Abreva. It never got bigger than a smaller dot on my lip and was gone within 4 days. Is it possible to have an outbreak such as this without a pustule formation?

[gracefromHHP]

yes it is possible to have a cold sore that doesn't progress into a full blown cold sore.

has your partner been tested to know his status?

grace

[honey2299]

I use suppressive therapy for cold sores hsv-1. I used to get sores very badly when i was younger and they are less frequent and not as large. But my main concern is that i was kissing my partner and didn't realize i had a bump on my lip. the bump always stayed very small and no pustule formed but i am scared i may have passed it to him.

Is it possible to have a cold sore with no pustule...it was completely gone within 4 days and seemed much smaller in the mornings but by night time was a little more inflammed because i was messing with it all day.

[gracefromHHP]

if you read our read before posting post on this forum, you'll see we ask that you just bump your post back up when it doesn't get answered in a timely manner, not keep making new ones. thank you for your future cooperation with this :)

abreva doesn't really do much for cold sores. it's very over priced and only heals cold sores less than a day sooner than placebo. Not really worth the money.  

yes, you can ward off a full blown cold sore if you start antivirals soon enough.

are you usually on suppressive therapy for cold sores or do you also have genital herpes ?

grace