Burning mouth. No lesions. Sore throat

[Needadviceman]

Here is my deal. I kissed a woman. Did not see any lesions on her mouth. We kissed for about 2 to 3 minutes and stopped. A day before I had some dental work done. Fast forward three days after the “exposure” . I started getting a burning sensation in my mouth, lips and tongue. I don’t seem to have any lesions. The burning tends to go away after brushing my teeth and rinsing with Listerine. Burning is comes back on and off
No lesions. It’s been two weeks as of today. I started getting a sore throat, hard to swallow and a light fever it seems.

Another issue is my wife is pregnant. The kiss was stupid and I haven’t done anything else besides that.I am holding off on kissing regardless of whether I have anything or not.

Shouldn’t the feeling in my mouth be proceeded by blisters if I have herpes? Could my dental work be the cause of this issue I am having… In short..does this sound like oral herpes?!

[Terri Warren]

This does NOT sound like oral herpes to me, no. The dental work could certainly be causing some unusual sensations, depending upon what it was. I’m wondering if you are being very very observant for any unusual mouth feelings, given the kiss with someone other than your wife. Sometimes when we are fearful about a behavior we engaged in, everything becomes magnified. What we would might normally have written off as post dental sensation takes on new meaning.
Have you ever your life had a cold sore on your lip or in your nose?

Terri

[Needadviceman]

No Ms. Warren. I have not. It’s really strange how the human mind wants to believe something bad is going to happen because of a a wrong action one takes. I have been very observant of my mouth for the past two weeks. Definitely feeling depressed. I am going to my doctor to have him take a look. This was a dumb move and out of character for me. I appreciate your input Ms. warren and all the resources you have provded us is wonderful.

Since dental work was done any risk of HIV?

• This reply was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by Needadviceman.

[Needadviceman]

Went to the doctor …tested for strep. Came back negative. Now I am worried. There is swelling in the throat. Should I ask him to do a herpes culture test?

[Terri Warren]

No, no risk of HIV through kissing.
I’m sorry you are feeling depressed about this encounter. But remember that we are all fallible humans running around here and we make errors, all of us, of different kinds, none of which are planned, many of which we regret. This will pass and you will learn what you want to do in the future about this kind of interaction.

Terri

[Needadviceman]

I guess this is my final question. The likelihood of of throat herpes? What is the likelihood for that?

[Terri Warren]

There is a chance of getting herpes orally yes, through kissing someone with oral infection. I don’t have a statistic on that for you, however. But I really would expect lesions if that had happened. This is an infection that causes sores – that’s kind of it’s hallmark. And that’s not what happened with you.

Terri

[Needadviceman]

My biggest concern is that if I did contract this virus, my wife being pregnant and in her third trimester ( We are due in December), can I bring potential harm to my unborn child by kissing my wife. I am so ashamed of myself and embarrassed. I have done nothing but care for my wife and my family and I do something stupid like this. I guess the harm to my child is my biggest concern. I haven’t had sex since the pregnancy, and I did kiss my wife over two weeks ago as well. Today marks the third week since the incident.

I don’t intend on performaning oral sex on my wife but can a kiss harm my unborn child.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by Needadviceman.

[Terri Warren]

Honestly, I think your risk of having oral herpes is really low. I would advise against giving your wife oral sex for sure anyway as the consequences would be so significant. A casual kiss is not going to give your wife herpes NOT your baby without a cold sore. Have you had any herpes antibody testing done yet? If not, you might want to do that to see where you stand right now.

Terri

[Needadviceman]

Thank you ms. Warren. I have not been tested. What test do you recommend? BTW, my tongue burning was probably because of my GERD. I started taking Nexium and it helped but my mouth seems to dry up quite a bit due to it. No lessions still. It has been three weeks. My anxiety has gone down a bit. I feel bad still.

Is it more so that gentital herpes can affect your child during birth…I have read that if you are infected with herpes in the later trimester that can harm the baby. Is that only if it is genital herpes? If my wife for whatever reason gets hsv1 during this stage will it affect our child?

• This reply was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by Needadviceman.

[Terri Warren]

Yes, the danger from delivery is for genital herpes, not oral herpes. If your wife should get it orally (which you know I seriously doubt that she will), it would not impact the delivery.
The testing for herpes is the IgG type specific antibody test. have you ever in your life had a cold sore on your lip or in your nose?
Glad to hear your anxiety is going down – that’s what I want to hear. Your risk is so low but I know that your fear is great because of the pregnancy in particular. Let your anxiety continue to go down, let reason take over as much as you can vs emotion.

Terri

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