Oral herpes? Bumps on back of throat

[Paronoidd]

On 4 Apr I made out with and received oral from a girl with hsv1. 2 days later my throat started hurting and had a really bad sore throat. The doctor gave me some antibiotics but didn’t seem to work. This carried on for almost 2 weeks.

The pain went away but for the past 2 weeks or so, I noticed flesh colored bumps on the back of my throat and my tonsils and throat are still inflamed (but no pain). My tongue also has a yellowish coating and is feeling really dry. There are also swollen red dots all over which looks like enlarged taste buds.

Does this seem like a primary oral herpes infection or could be something else?

[auntiejessi]

If this were a primary oral herpes outbreak, I'd expect some sores ON your lips, even if you had sores in the back of your throat.

This sounds like a different type of infection - strep, tonsillitis, etc. - but you'll need to see your doctor again to find out what's happening.

If you only kissed her and received oral, you aren't at risk for an oral STD. She would be, since she gave you oral. Kissing can transmit oral herpes type 1, but without sores on your lips, it isn't sounding like that. Nothing else related to STDs would transmit from kissing.