Throat infection I should worry about?

[Chimotoguy]

So I was with a girl on Thursday. We kissed, performed Oral on each other with no condoms and had sex with condom. That Sunday night I began having a bad sore throat mostly on my left side. I woke up with bad sore throat, swollen lymph bodes, and white spots in the back of throat, maybe like 3 total. I went to doctor on Tuesday and she didn't seem too concerned, said it's probably strep or maybe mono. No other symptoms, maybe a headache. She gave me antibiotics and did a throat culture. Today is Thursday and my throat is feeling a little better. But I was convinced it was strep but they called today and said it was negative. Should I be worried about it being something more serious?

[Littlelady8070]

I've read that oral herpes can show up the next day. Google image search oral or throat herpes and see if it looks the same.

[Chimotoguy]

Well Ive had oral herpes aka hsv-1 for quite a while now, which is the one that causes cold sores, I've had it for about 2 years and got it from kissing my gf. This is fairly common and 65% of people, probably more have this. Hsv-2 is genital herpes and to get it inside the mouth is very very uncommon (doesn't mean it doesn't happen) but highly doubt it...

[GuitarRox]

While it might not have been strep, it could be just a regular virus.  Don't jump to conclusions when you don't have to.  

[Life360_Dave]

Hi no std shows symptoms in 3 days but takes about a week.