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What Are The Symptoms Of Oral Herpes?

hi i think that i might have strep throat but im not shure it looks like there is a pussie soar on the back of my right side of my throat that side is swollen and red and makes it difficult to drink and eat sometimes. someone sais it also looks like oral herpes but i have not had any sexual contact with my mouth.
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Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Herpetic lesions over mouth is common in lip and around mouth due to HSV 1 infection where as it is not necessarily a sexual transmitted one. Even it can occur to children and also transmitted through kissing also.
Throat or other inner aspects of mouth infection due to Herpes manifest as multiple tiny grouped reddish ulcers and very painful usually, would heal within a week or two in a normal immuno-competent individual. Strepto coccus infection manifests as reddish congestion around tonsils or pharynx without any obvious ulcers with painful lymph node enlargement. Anyhow consult your ENT surgeon, he/she will help you in this regard.
Dr S.Murugan
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What Are The Symptoms Of Oral Herpes?

Hi, Welcome to HCM. Herpetic lesions over mouth is common in lip and around mouth due to HSV 1 infection where as it is not necessarily a sexual transmitted one. Even it can occur to children and also transmitted through kissing also. Throat or other inner aspects of mouth infection due to Herpes manifest as multiple tiny grouped reddish ulcers and very painful usually, would heal within a week or two in a normal immuno-competent individual. Strepto coccus infection manifests as reddish congestion around tonsils or pharynx without any obvious ulcers with painful lymph node enlargement. Anyhow consult your ENT surgeon, he/she will help you in this regard. Dr S.Murugan