I kissed someone and am worried that I may have contracted hsv1, I peeled my lip and got a sore, but I don’t think it was a cold sore. 

I have a bad habit of sucking my thumb and my thumb has a big crack on the knuckle. 

On Tuesday evening my thumb started itching really bad right next to the crack and I scratched it so much that it looks like there was skin missing with some clear fluid serous fluid. This spot stopped itching once that happened. It never really got worse after that, it kind of just dried out and was a red spot with white flaky skin two days later. By 4 days later it was just a pink spot with white dry flaky skin. 

Is there any chance this could be herpetic whitlow? Everything I read it looks like it doesn’t heal that fast by 4 days out it would be getting worse without treatment, not better? 

Could this have been a mild case? Or is that not a thing with this?

I also worry because I was using the bathroom and accidentally touched my outer labia with the my thumb and am concerned I transferred to my genitals. 

I was never able  to get it swabbed. 

Do you think there is any realistic chance of this being herpetic whitlow or can I be pretty confident that it was something else based on how fast it healed?

Terri

Terri

I do have some more questions about HSV1.

*Let’s say I acquired an infection from one person, and then kissed another person. If the second person also has HSV1 could I  reinfected again in the mouth or would the existing infection already prevent that from happening since it’s already in the mouth, even if I don’t have antibodies built up yet?

*If you someone already has oral hsv1, can kissing another person with an active cold sore cause their own infection to flare up? 

*Do you think I can put the worry about touching my labia on accident behind me?

* would you be able to peel a cold sore while it’s still blistered? I made a sore on my lip by peeling it, but I’m concerned that it was a large cold sore at the blister stage and maybe just sped it up into the ulcer phase by peeling it.  

Can you be reinfected by the same person’s hsv1? Like say someone has a cold sore and gives that to you. In the beginning stages of the infection, under 4 months, could any other cold sores you have be reinfection from that person or would it be a recurrence of the infection you acquired from them? 

*Let’s say I acquired an infection from one person, and then kissed another person. If the second person also has HSV1 could I  reinfected again in the mouth or would the existing infection already prevent that from happening since it’s already in the mouth, even if I don’t have antibodies built up yet?

The existing infection would keep you from getting it again

*If you someone already has oral hsv1, can kissing another person with an active cold sore cause their own infection to flare up? 

No

*Do you think I can put the worry about touching my labia on accident behind me?

No

* would you be able to peel a cold sore while it’s still blistered? I made a sore on my lip by peeling it, but I’m concerned that it was a large cold sore at the blister stage and maybe just sped it up into the ulcer phase by peeling it.

I suppose that's possible but unlikely

Can you be reinfected by the same person’s hsv1? Like say someone has a cold sore and gives that to you. In the beginning stages of the infection, under 4 months, could any other cold sores you have be reinfection from that person or would it be a recurrence of the infection you acquired from them? 

More sores would not be a reinfection, it would be a recurrence.

Terri.