Hsv1 question

[Muscha]

I recently tested a low positive (1.31) for hsv1.  I plan to retake in next few weeks but would not be surprised if positive as I'm sure it would have occurred in childhood.   I dont recall any noticable outbreaks, ever.  In the last 15 years I have had two swollen areas that lasted a day or two but both in different locations on my bottom lips. About 5 years ago, I had a pimple like situation that was under the skin in the middle of my bottom lip that I popped like a pimple and sebum came out, left a slight hole and then it immediately cleared up. Now, within last two weeks, I've had a bump like lesion that never bursted, itched hurt. It was on the upper lip near the right side and lasted 2 to 3 days.  On Sunday, I noticed another bump that was hard on the upper left side of lip.  It had similarities to a cold sore but again never burst or blistered or tingled.  It lasted 2 days and completely disappeared.  I'm trying to determine if any of these could be an outbreak.  They were all squarely in the lip area. I always thought Hsv1 came back in the same location.  Each one of these 5 incidents were in a different location that appeared aggravated but never presented like a typical cold sore lesion.

[WilsoInAus]

Hey @Muscha of the five types of minor 'trauma' to your lips, I'd have to agree with your assessment that none of them suggest strongly enough that they are herpes lesions. They are of a nature that people with and without herpes experience and are quite common.

I feel they need to be treated completely independently of your true HSV-1 status, neither pro or contra the possibility.

[Muscha]

12 minutes ago, WilsoInAus said:

Hey @Muscha of the five types of minor 'trauma' to your lips, I'd have to agree with your assessment that none of them suggest strongly enough that they are herpes lesions. They are of a nature that people with and without herpes experience and are quite common.

I feel they need to be treated completely independently of your true HSV-1 status, neither pro or contra the possibility.

Thanks once again Wilso.  I have a friend who just today saw a pulmonry Dr.  She was out of this world scared and anxious.  As a bystander it was very easy for me to see the rationale of the limited probability of her symptoms (small nodule growth on her lung among) being cancerous (her fear in this situation).  However, place the worry shoe on my foot and my rationale is limited and fear is high. 

[WilsoInAus]

@Muscha that’s scarcely the same worry shoe now is it.

What is there to fear in having HSV-1?

[Muscha]

It's actually a heightened fear from an hsv2 exposure and now I have fears, mostly irrational ones that stem from that exposure.  Im basically noticing everything that would ordinarily go unnoticed.  When looking at the probability of my particular situation, I mostly believe I did not contract Hsv2.  But until the final test in a few weeks, I guess I'm like my friend...paranoid.