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Could The Painless Lip Flesh Wound Be Related To Unprotected Intercourse?
I am a 25 year old male who had brief unprotected sex with a female 5 days ago (very stupid) I had a white head on the corner of my lip after shaving with an electric shaver 2 days after the sexual encounter. When I popped it, it became dry and burned when I opened my mouth wide. Today I woke up with a painless open flesh inside my bottom lip which just felt like I maybe bit it while I was sleeping. I m going completely mad, stressing ridiculously and breaking down every day. My doctor says not to worry and it s too early to have conclusive testing. My anxiety is keeping me up every night and I feel like I m making myself sick. Please help.
Fri, 9 Jan 2015
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It would be difficult to tell you conclusively about the exact cause of the sore, specially without having been able to have a look at it.
Unprotected sex is a risk factor for STD's and therefore these need to be considered.
A few likely possibilities are that either it is an aphthous ulcer Or it could be an STD like herpetic sore. Herpes has a short incubation period of 2-12 days.
The third possibility is of course traumatic sore.
Other STD's like syphilis is unlikely because the sore appeared too soon to be explained by the incubation period of syphilis.
I suggest you to take a blood test for herpes at 2-4 weeks of sexual contact to look for circulating antibodies against the virus.
Regards
It would be difficult to tell you conclusively about the exact cause of the sore, specially without having been able to have a look at it.
Unprotected sex is a risk factor for STD's and therefore these need to be considered.
A few likely possibilities are that either it is an aphthous ulcer Or it could be an STD like herpetic sore. Herpes has a short incubation period of 2-12 days.
The third possibility is of course traumatic sore.
Other STD's like syphilis is unlikely because the sore appeared too soon to be explained by the incubation period of syphilis.
I suggest you to take a blood test for herpes at 2-4 weeks of sexual contact to look for circulating antibodies against the virus.
Regards
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