Can You Have Herpes (Cold Sores) Only On Your Lips?

And not in your mouth? Or is having cold sores on your lips a direct result of having herpes in your mouth?Can You Have Herpes (Cold Sores) Only On Your Lips?
For a herpes infection on the mouth, there are three possible stages: a primary infection; an initial infection; and a recurrent infection. In the primary stage, you are exposed to the herpes virus, such as by kissing an infected person, and you show up with the disease within a matter of a couple of days. This form of infection tends to be all over the mouth area, both inside and on the lips, and is very painful. The second form is the initial form, in which case you were exposed to the virus many weeks or years earlier, but you didn't show any signs of the disease at that time. However, when u finally do break out, it is the INITIAL time that you were aware that u have the disease. In this case, it's a much more mild outbreak than if you had primary herpes. In the third scenario, you have repeated outbreaks of herpes, called recurrent herpes, and in this case, the outbreaks are almost strictly on the lips and not inside the mouth. So, to answer your question, yes, the herpes on the lips are a direct result of your having had the herpes inside your mouth originally.Can You Have Herpes (Cold Sores) Only On Your Lips?
Yes you can, cold sores can be caused by the oral herpes virus. In fact it's more common to have them outside the mouth and around the lips then it is to have them on the inside of it. 50-80 percent of the world has them so they are very common to have. I too get tiny cold sores about once a month, I used to get big cut like sores on the corners of my mouth. You can have HSV1 no matter what the size of the out break you can even have it with out symptoms.


Those symptoms are all common to herpes and they usually occur as part of the initial out break or just before an out break occurs.
Yes, cold sores are usually only on the lips, and not in the mouth. Many of us already have the cold sore virus dormant in our bodies, and never have a flare up of cold sores. We contracted it as children, as it is a very common virus, and children pick it up easily as they often share food and drinks, and may be less concerned about hand washing and hygiene. Cold sores can be transmitted even when the person does not have a cold sore, though it is less likely to happen then.





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