I've just come back from a festival, and yesterday I noticed this kind of rash next to my mouth. I kissed someone a lot who has a beard so I'm really hoping it's just friction burn or perhaps an allergy. He didn't have any active herpes from what I could see - I also gave him oral sex. I'm going to the clinic tomorrow but I would also like to know opinion of people who suffer with it and maybe get some advice... please help!
That to me looks like just irritation. Do you see any fluid like pustules?
Yes, that's happened to me from someone w a 5 o'clock shadow and I felt raw.
As Nikki mentioned, do you see any pustules/blisters? That doesn't follow the typical pattern ans I sure hope his lips weren't on the side of your face! Hahaha! I doubt he was kissing all the way over there.
No but it only really came up yesterday/a little the day before. I read that at first it looks like redness - does it look like that before a proper break out?
Thanks so much for replying! x
So it popped up the day after you made out? That's normal.. Think of when you burn yourself, it looks much worse the proceeding days than the day of or after... That's essentially what happened to your face, it's like a burn.
When I got oral herpes, mine didn't do what most peoples do, which I break out on the outside of their mouth, I only broke out inside of my mouth. I just woke one day and had some ulcers in my mouth abs by the next there were more and I was in so much pin and very run down feeling. I wouldn't stress it.
That's happened to me before but it mostly happened on my chin - this feels a little different. I think I'm also freaking out because I was daignosed with genital warts a couple of months ago which i've just got rid of - really don't want herpes as well!!
I can't see any blisters but there are raised bits which I'm thinking could be the start of them, or perhaps some scabs might be coming up.
To be honest he was kissing me all over my face all weekend so if he did have it it could have ended up over there XP
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Yeah that's very true, it could be just a burn from him, especially since I lean to the left when I kiss so the rubbing being on the right does make sense..
So you got the ulcers straight away or was it a while after?
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I've had it all around my mouth. Is there any itching or tingling? Are you in the states? Not a whole lot you can do about it. Most people get oral herpea at some point. I got it when I was 22 and I got genital herpes 11yrs later, so don't feel so bad. If it was showing up there, then it should be showing up on your lips as well by now if that's what it was.
I got it from my ex husband and who knows, because I didn't kiss him when he had sores ob his lips, so I don't know when I caught it from him.
Now my genital herpes, I had symptoms w in 3 days. Mild discomfort when peeing, mild burning, little itch and had a cluster if fissures. By 5 days after infection, I was exhuasted like I was after oral infection, but a tad worse. I hadn't had sex in 2 yrs and had sex w this guy once and boom... I had symptoms of soreness the day after, but thought it was from going so long w out it, not so.
How many days since you guys kissed?
There's a bit of itching. If I do have it that's very unfortunate but what's done is done I guess! It hasn't spread any, just the same area for two days.
I'm from the UK and I normally go to the clinic on Wednesdays to get my warts checked on and frozen if necessary so I can ask them what they reckon it is, but I still would like to get as many opinions from sufferers as well in the mean time to stop myself from getting freaked out aha
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I haven't had any of the genital herpes symptoms so I'm hoping I'm alright on that front. He did give me oral though so if I start feeling anything like that down there I'll soon know!
We got together on the saturday and were kissing up until I left yesterday, but the redness started on sunday and got worse yesterday/today. It hasn't spread anywhere, just stayed in the same place. I'm using Brulidine to treat it and hopefully make it go away! I have work tomorrow and the last thing I want is people asking questions!
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Well I wouldn't freak out about oral herpes. About 85-90% of people get oral herpes by the time they're adults. I was ticked when I fit it, only because my mouth hurt so bad and I was in so much pain, but other than that, I was not bothered by it after that. I actually don't even break out orally after that. I might get a red dot at the corner of my mouth and goes away in a day.
See if you can go to the drug store and get cetaphil and start applying it just in case. Soaking a a warm cloth in water w Epsom salt should relieve inflammation and help clear it up faster regardless what it is..
That's such good advice, thank you so so much for your help. I've been freaking out about it all day!! x
I went to the docs today and asked him if it was a cold sore, he seems to think it's impetigo or some other kind of infection?!? I'm so confused!!
Was prescribed fucidin which I understand can be used as treatment for both, but I'd really like to know for sure if it's impetigo, herpes, or something else entirely! He wouldn't do a test and said there "wasn't one" for herpes - which I know is rubbish. Think he was just trying to fob me off
This is what it looks like today, any opinions would be helpful x
Impetigo is big possibility. (Or Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease) Which is curable. Go get a second opinion to ease your mind regarding herpes. I really don't think that's what it is
Thank you Nikki, I definitely will. This guy told me no blood test exists for herpes simplex so naturally I'm a bit hesitant to trust his diagnosis! If it's impetigo I don't know whether or not I should go into work either O.O arrgg x
Tell the doctor you want it swabed and tested!
I will do! He seems to like to get me in and out of that room as quickly as possible, I just won't leave until he does next time!! haha x
Yes!
Well they recently did a study on how much bacteria is actually carried in a heard and apparently they are pretty nasty.
Do you feel any tingling or itching? Is it painful? I've had impitego as a child and they are painful boils. Have you been picking? Does anything hard come out when you squeeze it?
What a jerk not testing you, he's a liar. Go see someone else, preferably a female.