For the first time in my life I got a cold/oral herpes. My lymph nodes are very tender and swollen under my jawline. The pain is radiating to my right ear and I have a bad headache with eye pain. I have weird sensations on the right side of my face.I also noticed a red tender spot on the the sole of my feet. I also have a high Rh factor and positive ANA since last year. So something is going on with my immunity. My doctor prescribed me Valtrex but I couldn t afford right now, maybe I can have my MD call in something cheaper. Do I need to worry that this will turn into viral meningitis? How did I catch this oral herpes? My roommate had it last week. Could I have gotten it from her from sharing utensils and stuff. I am 30 yrs old female And never ever had this in my life. my friends tell me most ppl have the virus in their bodies, it comes out during stress. I was under intense stress before and never had this happen to me. Plus I had a blood test to check for herpes and other stuff two years ago and it was negative. I am really confused on how I could have gotten this. I haven t kissed anyone, my husband and I have been separated for months. I need some good advice on what to do, how I could have gotten this virus, and now that I have how do I prevent it? Thank you
Hioral herpes is due to virus infection contracted from any source not necessarily through oral contact with others or utensils. Proneness to virus infections is known with lower immunity status for whatever cause, and susceptibility is more during low body immunity, severe stress, poor health and opportunistic infection in chronic ill patients due to tuberculosis, cancers. But do not worry, the modern medicines are available, like antivirals, biologics, autoimmune Chat Doctor. For lymph nodes if painful, anti-inflammatory medicines may be prescribed by your physician as well as other medications for herpes-it takes 10-21 days to subside, but does get controlled, so do not worry be in touch with a physician best wishes