Burning Tongue

[Chickenhead01]

Hello

I am currently waiting out an HIV scare, but as I do, I review certain "symptoms" that may have occurred over a period where I was a little but promiscuous.

This specific question is in regards to herpes and is why I am posting it in this forum.

I was intimate with another ale and we engaged in unprotected felatio.

Afterwich my entire tongue felt as though it had pins and needles it it. I could also describe it as burning or stinging. The onset was fairly gradual (a day maybe) and it started out as if I was getting a canker sore on the tip of my tongue. However, I have had canker sores before and once the entire tongue felt enflamed I knew it wasn't that. I believe the duration was 3 days once the entire tongue was affected to 5 days, so maybe 5/6 days total. I had trouble eating certain foods and the experience was far from pleasant.

What I can't remember is the time in which I started to notice the tingling of the tongue post my sexual encounter. It could have been 3 days or roughly a week later.

I had a physical about 7 weeks after and I tested positive for HSV-1 (which I never had tested positive for before) and negative for HSV-2.

My question is this - is this a typical presentation of a recent herpes infection and if not typical, is it possible? Does herpes affect the tongue potentially in this way?

Thank you for your consideration and replys.

[Chickenhead01]

Thanks for the reply! It was such an odd sensation that was alarming and In my quest to figure out what it was, it was the only thing I found that maybeade sense.

Could it have been oral thrush (a non-sexually transmitted condition) or is that always accompanied by white patches or white tongue coating? (I assume this is a question for the general STD forum, but for sale of continuity, I thought I'd ask.)

[HowardH]

Neither herpes nor any other STD is a likely cause of such a symptom. I suppose it is conceivable it was an atypical manifestation of oral herpes, but it's more likely you have been infected with HSV1 for a long time before this symptom or the sexual exposure you have been concerned about. And even if it was atypical herpes, you would simply be joining the half the population that has oral HSV1. The worst problem you would be likely to have in the future is an occasional cold sore -- not exactly a big deal!

[Chickenhead01]

Anyone?

[Chickenhead01]

Anybody in the herpes forum have any insight as to if this could be a manifestation of HSV-1 infection:

Burning tongue. Feeling like pins and needles. Etc.