help pleaseeee

[jasper1987]

I am a 21 year old female that was diagnosed with herpes type 1 six weeks ago both orally and genitally. I am completely freaked out about this thing because I am not a promiscuous girl and contracted it from one night from a guy I thought I knew. Anyway, since the initial outbreak I have been on supressive therapy but constantly feel like I have prodrome syndromes (more so around my lips). I also have this constant pumping on my old herpes lesion on my lip that looks like a blood vessel pumping underneath it. About a week ago, (when I got my period) I experienced what I think was a very mild reoccurance. My vagina was red and painful but no lesions, and my lip felt tingly and burning but no lesions either. Since then I have been getting these weird tiny fluid filled blister looking bubbles on the inside of my lip. My mother (who knows about the herpes) tells me it has to be a canker sore since cold sores usually appear on or outside the lips, and I do remember biting my mouth in that area a couple of times. This fluid filled bubble is annoying when I eat and it gets bigger all of a sudden out of nowhere but then usually pops probably from being irritated when I eat. When it pops, it just looks like a tiny cut with redness around it. I don;t know if this is a herpes outbreak, or just a mere canker sore? My old herpes lesion was actually a large blister on my lip but these occur on the inside of my lip, however on the same side of my old lesion. I am only so confused and worried becuase I just met a great guy and am petrified to even kiss him, especially if this is an active outbreak. I would never want to knowingly kiss him with this thing active. Can someone please give me some insight?

[gracefromHHP]

Is this the same fellow you've been with since this all started or a different one?

Definitely follow up on this with your provider this week to get tested for yeast and bacterial infections genitally and get your mouth symptoms looked at.  Meanwhile be sure to avoid acidic and "hot" spicey foods since they can aggravate oral herpes.  Also look at your lip products youa re using too - perhaps one of them is aggravating things too.  

grace

[jasper1987]

Hi Aj,
Thank you so much for responding back to my comment so quickly I really really appreciate it. I actually am on valtrex for the suppression therapy. I am overly concerned about spreading this thing so I admit I have been under a tremendous amount of stress over this thing, and feel as if I kiss my guy that I'll just automatically give it to him. I feel as if I have constant prodrome symtoms but I don't know if it is because I'm just going crazy over this thing or maybe the valtrex is causing this? If it is due to the valtrex, does that mean I am contagious? I admit I keep kissing this boy for a couple seconds on the mouth but always pull away when he tries to kiss me open mouth because I'm so afraid to give it to h im. So far it's been okay and he hasn't gotten anything, but what are the chances he could get this thing?

[auntiejessi]

Hi there -

I think you need to see your doctor and find out what these things are on your lips.  It could be herpes, but you are on suppression, and it shouldn't be this active.

What antiviral are you taking?  Some people report a lot of prodrome feelings on valtrex, but don't on acyclovir or famvir.  It might be just that you need to change your antiviral.

Your guy should get a type specific IgG herpes test.  If he has type 1 already - and a good portion of the population does - he can't get re-infected orally, and just avoid sex when you have a genital outbreak.

Is your vagina still sore and irritated?  If it is, you might want to get checked for bacterial vaginosis and yeast, which are very common after an initial herpes outbreak.

Hope you feel better soon,
Aj