oral herpes too maybe

[Lady_j988]

A couple days after starting my medication for genital herpes,my mouth became very chapped.just felt really dry, then the tip of my tongue started to feel real dry.my lips still feels really chapped and doesn't show any signs of getting better could this be oral herpes.mg lips are act starting to cracked and bleed.i wasn't diagnosed with oral herpes, could I also have oral herpes, and by the way I've put carmex, neosporin, and any lip moisturizer I could get my hands in, on my lips.

[WCSDancer2010]

Doubt its oral Herpes - Oral herpes usually comes up as a blister or a "papercut" type sore in a small area - not as chapped lips.... it may be a side effect of the meds but I expect it will go away once your body gets used to the meds if that's what it is

[Lady_j988]

Now there swollen, my dentist just said there definitely swollen.is that a symptom swollen lips

[WCSDancer2010]

Noooooooooooooo....

 

Blisters and/or paper cuts ... not chapped or swollen lips ;)

[whitedaisies]

Actually when I had my primary oral herpes outbreak, my lips were swollen. I had no sores....yippee!!! And so that's why I got misdiagnosed I think, but I did have numbness on tip of tongue and tip of nose. So I would say it's probably more likely in primary outbreak but recurring I would say no.

 

Chapped lips I would so no to.

[Lady_j988]

No, there chapped, super dry and have been like this since I started on the valtrex,it started off in the corners of my mouth, then moved to my lips.my lips have cracks on them everywhere and no matter what I put on them they stay chapped and dry.very dry, wondering if this is a allergic reation, I'm not allergic to anything as far as I know. And since I have genital herpes, isn't it almost impossible to catch another strain of herpes or the same strain you already have!

[WCSDancer2010]

I still maintain it's a reaction to the medication given the timing.

[WCSDancer2010]

You say you are on 1000mg 2x/day? That is a high dose (often given for the first OB's to get it under control) ... You may find that when you go to 1000 mg a day that things improve

[Lady_j988]

I was on 500mg, twice a day.i finished the medicine Monday, but my lips still feel the same. I figured if it was a supposed outbreak that it would of went away. Since It started day two after being on the valtrex

[WCSDancer2010]

I'd still guess it's either the meds or something else ... but if you DO have HSV1 oral, you'll just be joining the 80% of the population that has it anyway :/