[Question #601] Herpes / Oral Sex
92 months ago
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Hey Doctors,
Again, thanks to whoever answers this.
I'll give you a timeline to best ask my question.
I'm a male.
Day 1: I give unprotected oral sex to a woman of unknown HSV
status.
Day 14: I notice a red bump on my cheek while shaving. The
bump is not near my mouth. It's about halfway between my ear lobe and the edge
of my mouth. It's a raised single, light red bump.
Day 14-28: Bump doesn't really change. It doesn't become a
blister. It isn’t soft. It isn't a part of a cluster of other bumps. There is
no tingling sensation or pain.
Day 29: Bump becomes soft in shower and tears open. A little
blood comes out, but nothing else.
Day 29-31 (today): Bump forms scab. Scab falls off. Nothing
left.
I set up an appointment with my dermatologist tomorrow, but
now there is nothing really left to show him. I'm kicking myself for not taking
a photo of it.
Could this have been herpes? I don't recall the woman's inner thigh ever making contact with that part of my cheek. No part of her genitals ever made contact with that part of my cheek, either.
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
92 months ago
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Thanks for writing to our forum. I seriously doubt that what you describe represents a herpes infection. First, the location would be very odd if you contracted HSV orally from giving oral sex - I would expect any lesion to be present around the mouth first, not the check. You don't describe a water blister, you describe some other sort of bump and given the location, I would expect more like a group of water blisters it if was herpes. Also, the bumps went on for a long time before it changed, while I would expect herpes lesion to be evolving pretty constantly.
Have you ever in your life had a cold sore, Brian?
Terri
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92 months ago
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
92 months ago
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Please let me know if you have any other questions, Brian
Terri
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92 months ago
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
92 months ago
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Terri
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