A patient seeks help for recurrent palatal pain. She presents with multiple punctate ulcers in the hard palate that were preceded by tiny blisters. Her lesions typically heal in about 2 weeks and reappear during stressful times. She has:

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The description of multiple punctate ulcers in the hard palate that were preceded by tiny blisters, which heal in about 2 weeks and reappear during stressful times, is characteristic of recurrent secondary herpes (herpes simplex virus reactivation), not primary infection or the other conditions listed.

A Patient Seeks Help for Recurrent Palatal Pain