Hey there guys,
I have gotten cold sores before, so I have either HSV1 or 2, I dunno which. I got that familiar tingling about 5 days ago, and started applying an iodine-based cream. The next day, it had come to a white bubble-like head that was very sensitive to the touch, like a small boil. After I had accidentally scraped the head off, I decided (fairly stupidly) I might as well squeeze it. When I did, about 2 millimitres of fairly solid pale yellow stuff came out. The sensitivity went, and it crusted over and has now almost faded.
My question is, was it a cold sore? I’ve read that the white head and pale stuff pretty both eliminate it from being elevated to cold sore status, but that tingling felt so familiar!
Also, if it WAS a cold sore, how likely am I to have infected my girlfriend, who I kissed about 3 days into the whole thing given I had been coating it with an antiviral (iodine) for the last 3 days and the crust was fading?
PS apologies if this is in the wrong forum!
I have gotten cold sores before, so I have either HSV1 or 2, I dunno which. I got that familiar tingling about 5 days ago, and started applying an iodine-based cream. The next day, it had come to a white bubble-like head that was very sensitive to the touch, like a small boil. After I had accidentally scraped the head off, I decided (fairly stupidly) I might as well squeeze it. When I did, about 2 millimitres of fairly solid pale yellow stuff came out. The sensitivity went, and it crusted over and has now almost faded.
My question is, was it a cold sore? I’ve read that the white head and pale stuff pretty both eliminate it from being elevated to cold sore status, but that tingling felt so familiar!
Also, if it WAS a cold sore, how likely am I to have infected my girlfriend, who I kissed about 3 days into the whole thing given I had been coating it with an antiviral (iodine) for the last 3 days and the crust was fading?
PS apologies if this is in the wrong forum!