In December and January I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with three partners. I visited an urgent care February 6th. I tested positive for chlamydia and HSV2. (I was both IGG and IGM positive). I was treated for chlamydia with a one time dose of antibiotics and given a round of antivirals for the HSV2 even though the doctor saw no lesions on my genitals or cold sores. February 14th, I followed up with my PCP who did a Pap smear and took cultures for chlamydia. The pap came back normal and she didn’t see any lesions on my genitals either. However, my cultures came back positive for chlamydia- so I was treated again with a 10 day round of antibiotics. 

In the beginning of March. I had just finished the second round of antibiotics and had finished the antivirals about 2 weeks prior. I began to notice a thick yellow coating on my tongue and large bumps on the back of my tongue. I brushed vigorously and gargled with peroxide- it then became a thinner white spotty coating on my tongue and the bumps remained. 

Last week my son got strep throat from daycare. Of course, I got it too. Then I started to notice bumps around the back of my mouth and in my upper cheeks. Then just before my period, a dry patch on my top lip appeared. Neither the bumps nor the dry patch itch, hurt, or burn. So today I returned to urgent care and then my pcp, who both said it did not appear to be an oral HSV2 outbreak because I was not in pain and showed no sign of a cold sore, but couldn’t tell me what exactly the bumps/dry patch could be caused by. I did test positive for strep and started penicillin. 

Are the coated tongue and painless bumps signs of an outbreak? Or could this be due to being on heavy antibiotics? Or strep throat? Is it possible that I am in the early stages of an oral outbreak that just is being overlooked? Or could I only have Genital HSV2, even though I definitely performed oral sex on all of the partners who could have given HSV2? I just want to know if I have oral herpes because I have a very affectionate and touchy 1 year old who I’m terrified of infecting. 

Hello, 

Was this a scam? I really need help. 

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Thank you so much for the response. I was retested for HSV1 and 2 a week ago. The results have come back HSV1 negative and HSV2 positive(my result was 8). In these past days I’ve followed up with a doctor about my eye and again about the bumps in my mouth. My eye appears to be allergies according to the physician- not herpes. He also said that the spots in my mouth could be canker sores(the ones inside my cheeks- not the ones on my tongue). But I am not convinced. I still think this may be oral HSV2. Although, I don’t have a cold sore and the bumps do not hurt. I think I am having a mild ob due to the stress of strep throat and menstruation. I know for a fact that I am having vaginal tingling and itching, so I am sure that my HSV2 is currently active genitally. 

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Thank you again! One last thing, I noticed a dry patch on my lip last week. Like super, dry and flaky. I did a sugar scrub a few days in a row and slathered down with Carmex/coconut oil. But my lips were still super dry. On Monday I felt like I might have been feeling a little itch- like it was very light itch around my mouth and nose. So I ran and picked up some Abreva. The spot was still dry and slightly red. So I applied it over and over up until last night when I figured I wasn’t actually getting a cold sore because nothing had happened. Just now I looked in the mirror and noticed the dry spot now looked a little raised. So I applied the Abreva again. 

Does this sound like a cold sore? I thought they normally are pretty uncomfortable and form very quickly. 

Oh, I also licked my thumb and wiped my sons nose last week. Would that put him at risk? It was total reflex and I instantly regretted it. 

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