[Question #3967] Did I get HSV1 by kissing?
84 months ago
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Hello, I recently kissed a girl of unknown HSV status for 3-4 minutes. She had no visible sores. And there wasn’t any tongue involved. The problem is, I did have some dental work done 2-3 days before that and I guess my lips were a bit dry as well. Maybe this increases the chances of HSV1 getting through?
Anyway, approximately 36 hours after that kiss, I started getting a weird tingling, dry sensation on the left corner of my lip. The feeling wasn’t always there. I mostly just felt it when I tried smiling.
I immediately went and applied an aciclovir cold sore cream on it just in case I got infected with HSV1. The feeling didn’t go away, it was still there. I felt like the cream was doing nothing.
So approximately 12 hours after this feeling started, I went to the doctor and explained everything. He gave me valtrex, and told me to take 2 doses within 12 hours of each other to prevent a cold sore from occurring. I did that and the feeling was pretty much gone within a few hours of me taking the meds. Everything’s been fine since then and it’s been 3-4 days now.
I guess my question is…What are the chances I actually got HSV1 from this encounter I had? If I want to get tested for HSV1, how soon can I do it? Now? Or after a few weeks?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
83 months ago
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83 months ago
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
83 months ago
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