Cold sore or something else

[Gurleen Hota]

Hi. I got a painful blind pimple (looked like a blemishes) on the corner of my mouth which didn’t change appearance for a day. It irritated my skin so I popped it . The moment I popped it, it left a white scar immediately ( hypopigmentation) , looked nothing like a blister (dr thought it was a blister but that was really a scar they didn’t listen to me when I said I had no blisters or fluid)

I applied alcohol on it because I thought it will dry it up (horrible decision). The next morning I got up with an infectious ,there was redness all around the pimple scar clotting on the upper lip , painful (looking like a clotted wound, no blisters again. Went to two Drs , they said it’s herpes (cold sore), gave me anti virals,for 5 days, I just had 3 of them and the infection went away in 2.5 days. Which made me doubt if it was a cold sore. The infection, which happened on the upper lip did have a little bit of white puss when it was healing but never crusted or ,on puss fron the white scare. I thought of getting a pcr but there was actually no puss or fluid was to test it. The drs too didn’t bother to ask me for a swab. They flashed light on my face and diagnosed me, which was annoying and unprofessional. The white scar remained my my skin for a month slowly turning black.

NOTE: My partner (manogamous relationship) has had cold sores since he was a baby. But he got his last cold sore in 2017. Never after that.
Also he gets them on his nose (on the left corner covering his nose). He has never gotten it on the lips.
1. Since herpes is skin to skin (symptomatic/assumption) transmission, can I still get it if he gets OB on his nose (never kissed his nose). I got tested after 5 weeks ,igg was negative. 2. When should I retest ?
3. What about western blot? How much will be the total cost including counselling.
4. Is western blot needed or igg will do?
5. Does my description sound like a cold sore? If no , then can it be a staff infection cause by the popping of the pimple?

[Terri Warren]

I believe this is a repeat post.

Terri

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