Herpes Doctor

Hi Carol,

Welcome to HerpesDoctor.

Once you've caught Oral Herpes - cold sores, it stays in your body for life although it may be years before you have an outbreak. You may experience only 1 outbreak in a lifetime or several a month, it depends entirely on the individual. So you could have passed it on to your husband years ago.

I recommend you read our background material on Cold Sores aka Oral Herpes.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

iv

Thanks IV for responding, however,
I alreay knew all that you told
me. My question was, can skin
irritation from kissing on the
lips reactivate cold sores. I know
you can get them several times
a month or year but is it specific
to when I'm having sex?

Hello again,

Thanks for clarifying. When in your first post you write "You would think I would be immuned by now" it does seem that that you were not aware that Oral Herpes is for life so I though t I would start with the basics.

To (hopefully) answer your question: Yes, it is entirely likely that your cold sore outbreaks are triggered by heavy kissing.

Kind regards,

iv

Excellent!!! !

Some out breaks are due to UV light exposure. Like if you tan in a tanning bed. If you are prone to getting cold sores you thing may be from the irritation from kissing, I would have to say probably. I am only speaking from general experience. I have outbreaks, not genital, but on other parts of my body and it does matter if I scratch that area or tan in the sun or tanning bed without covering that particual area with a rag or piece of cloth. Around my waist? If I only scratch there I will breakout. It seems that whatever area it chooses to show itself does seem to be more tender then other parts of your lips for instance. Sorry to hear about your problem as I know this can be very painful and aggrivating until the blister or blisters go away. Hope you get well soon, Blisters.