Constant tingling/burning on labia, hsv1 +

[Kristina5458]

I supposedly had my first genital hsv1 outbreak 2 months ago. I was experiencing a lot of burning, a very swollen and red area on the left side of my labia, and shooting pain. An urgent care doctor swab bed me within 36 hours of the red area appearing. She put me on Valtrex 500mg/day. I noticed no relief and stopped when she told me the swab was negative. I had the same symptoms a month later right before my period. That time I went to my gyn. No redness or swelling, but the same burning and shooting pain. I tested 3.67 IGG for hsv1. I didn't take any Valtrex. The symptoms subsided during the week of my period then immediately returned. For the first time I also got a red dot on my lip. Later my entire lower lip scanned over. I am now on day 6 of this and taking 1500 MG of valtrex/day. No lesions have appeared on my genitals. The scabs on my lips have mostly healed. I am still experiencing intense and constant burning on my left labia and now in my lips as well. No shooting pains. Just constant and intense disruptive tingling. I have been taking salt baths every day and avoiding panties. Is this normal, to experiencing tingling for weeks at a time with no lesions?

[feelingundone]

Sounds more like an oral hsv1 infection than a genital one. Genital hsv1 usually has few outbreaks if any past the first one and doesn't usually caused this consistent issues.