Constant tingling but never a lip sore

HSV-1 is a very prevalent infection. More than half of adults in the US have acquired it, and many are asymptomatic. Asymptomatic means no cold sores, but you can certainly get a tingling sensation. Odds alone would suggest that it could be hsv-1. Having hsv-1 puts you in the same boat as the majority of the population. Most people acquire it in childhood, but your likelihood goes up with each decade of life. If you do not get recurrent cold sores, consider yourself blessed. If you do, then you unfortunately have to deal with symptoms of an infection you couldn't avoid unless you lived in a cave your entire life. Either way, there should be no stigma to oral hsv-1. It is ubiquitous I am a doctor, and I hope this info helps.

I had impetigo. It was bad on my lip and beside my eye. I went to 2 doctors and got put on a oral cream and 2 antibiotics. It took 3 months to heal. I have a scar on my lip but the tingle NEVER goes away! I hate that feeling. Hope you get better soon. :)

On and off for years I get a cold sore in the same spot. Sometimes twice a year sometimes nothing for 2 years then it comes back. I have not had the blister itself for about 4 years now but I have the tingle still. This tingle is on the same spot as the sore but I never get the sore anymore. Everytime it tingles I always think it's going to come but it never does. All that happens is the area goes a little red. I know it to be from a cold sore as that is the exact spot that it occurs everytime, I'm just wondering why I only get the tingle now and no sore. Has my body learned to fight it off? Whatever it is, I'm happy to not have the blißter/scab issue.

i have had tingling burning itchiness for over six mmonthe nothing I used helped. do u think lysine will help

Now that you mention it, it does seem to happen after I smoke.

How long did your tingling last? Also do u still have it?

How is the tingling today?

3 months ago I got a sore on my upper lip. I picked at it and now I have a red patch at the place and it's tingling. When I look closely I can see other small red patches on the lip and the tingling occurs where it is red. I'm worried what could this be? Some days the red patch fades away some days it gets bright red and even grows over the lip. Scary! Doctors are no help!

Hey doc, how about you bring awareness and look at honeycomb forum. There are tons of people suffering and there are way to many doctors that downplay the psychological and physical manifestations that can happen because they are way misinformed of the possibilities of HSV.

I started having that same tingling, irritating, swelling feeling in my lip 13 days ago; it hasn't gone away since. But the tingling and irritation increasingly been reduce every day, the first thing I started to use was Releev(creating more of an irritation), the second thing I tried was Herpecin-L Lip(wish slightly help with swelling and irritation, nice to have when on the go), I finally tried to use the gel of an Aloe Vera plant on my lip and taking L-Lysine Tablets 1000 Mg(It helped tremendously, almost instantly stopping 85-90% of all my symptoms). I haven't yet to develop a fever blister/cold sore, my lips just get really irritated and chap. I also have gone trough a dozen forums and information websites, that point to this to be a cold sore/HSV even though some of the symptoms are asymptomatic. 

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I got a cold sore for the first time about 6 months ago. It went away after taking meds. About 2 months later, I started getting random, very slight tingling, in the same spot, but no cold sore. It's very slight, but on and off, constantly. It's so minor, that I barely notice it, but then like tonight, I notice it so it prompted me to google to see if anyone else has experienced this. My doctors said they never heard of such a thing!!

I was thinking it could be from smoking myself

Do any of you who experience the tingling have anxiety as well? Anxiety and face tingling and numbness can be related.

And anxiety about cold sores is a REAL thing...ugh.

Having a tingling sensation in one small oval shaped area on top lip. There is no sore and it feels normal to the touch, no bump, no discoloration. If I pull the lip up and stretch it to look at it better, I guess maybe I could say there's a little bit of IDK inflamed blood vessels? I really can't see anything, I feel like looking through a microscope at it. It is VERY tingly and feels almost like it's about to go completely numb.

I do smoke weed pretty regularly, I used to smoke cigarettes but it's been a few months and definitely a few years since I've been a daily cigarette smoker. I have never gotten cold sores before, but I accidentally drank out of a friend's water bottle the other day. I am freaked out, I really don't want to have my lips ruined :( they are kinda cute. I feel like if I went to a doctor they would totally undermine me and say I'm fine. I also get what I guess is called, "burning mouth syndrome," which is really just a doctors way of saying that "it's harmless and your fine." there's no way to treat it, and it's not contagious-but my tongue will literally just burn as if it's been burned with boiling water. It starts out slow and gets worse throughout the day. Sometimes can last for a few weeks at a time. It's f*****g painful, and yet doctors have the audacity to say it's "harmless." Yeah it's Harmless to YOU as****e.

Anyway, are your symptoms on lips like mine? Do you guys have joint pain? I have very bad joint pain in my knees especially. Sometimes hips. I try to stay on top of vitamins. I eat healthy. I take an antidepressant. Just started, and I suppose this lip tingle is kind of new.