u/Salt-Stranger-5700

First outbreak? Is it always like this? Feel hopeless

I’m 27m, long story short I was intimate with someone I trusted and yeah. Started off feeling like I had the flu, migraines late at night, little pink thing on my lip, thought nothing of it. 3 days in throat feels like it’s got razor blades in it I maybe thought it was tonsillitis. Anyway that settles a bit, I think I’m getting better. Man was I wrong. My lips is fucked! Another comes through and the original pink one has got worse, they are so painful , the canker sores on my gum. My lips etc has been awful the last 4 days, now the last 2 days it’s just my gums in general and my teeth , the pain is excruciating, I can barely eat without my teeth feeling extra sensitive , I look ugly as hell. My lip is the size of a balloon from the swelling. Is this normal for a first outbreak, I got nothing down below it’s only on my face, could it be hsv 2 orally? But in general, for a first outbreak is this normal? Does it get better? How long did it take for you?
Thanks for reading much appreciated

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u/Salt-Stranger-5700 — 3 days ago

These look like canker?

For some context I’ve had the flu/tonsillitis the last few days (not sure what it is) either way I’ve been bed bound ill, these have broke through, headaches have gone etc , they look like cankers from photos but I’m no expert hence why I’m here. The only reason I ask is because I hooked up with some girl last week and yeah, I’m worried it could be something else? But again from photos the spots you get etc don’t look like this. I know she had a cough, so I’m assuming it’s just a virus. Either way would be nice to get some insight, these are the only 2 I have.
Thanks all

u/Salt-Stranger-5700 — 5 days ago