Another "Is this Herpes?!" case... 
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18 y
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About 10 days ago, I had unprtected sex with my girlfriend. During the sex she complained of uncomfort, and went to see her doctor the next day. The doctor told her that she thought it could be herpes and prescribed medication to both of us (saying for me it was just for prevention).
Soon after I noticed small pimple like bumps in my pubic area. There are less then a dozen of them and all spread out between my leg and my lower stomach (none on my penis, or even too close to it). I immediately started researching Herpes and found a lot of things that would make it sound like I have it (and some that make it seem unlikely):
- The bumps are small and pimple like.
- They went from looking like pimples to scabbing, NO liquid came out of them.
- I have NO discomfort whatsoever. No itching, no pain.
- I have no marks on my penis
- I did have a 24 hour flu soon after noticing the bumps (low fever, vomiting, headache).
- I did have unprotected sexual relations with my girlfriend who seems to have herpes.
- I seem to have a "leak" of pee from my penis (just a drop or two, but never did before)
So, I went to my doctor and he said it is absolutely not herpes, but just a rash. However he made a couple of comments that made me think, maybe he didn't know what he was talking about. For example, he said that Genital Herpes always presents itself on the penis (I know this is untrue). He prescribed me an Antibiotic cream to put on my sores, and said I have nothing to worry about. So far the cream has done nothing, but I have only been using it for 24 hours.
My questions:
- Should I trust my doctor, even though I feel strongly he is probably wrong?
- If it were to be herpes, is there anything I should be doing right now that could help? Considering I have no pain anyway.
- I have never had a rash like this before, is it possible all of these things (flu, unprotected sex etc.) could just be one big coincedince?
- I am driving myself crazy about worrying about this? Should I just sit back and wait to see if it comes back again?
I have about a million questions, like I am sure all of you did at the beginning, but I better stop!
It is really great there is all this support out there for people who need. My heartfelt thanks goes out to all those people who take the time to listen to others.
Thank you,
J.
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- Re: Another "Is this Herpes?!" case.... #60889
18 y
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This is a reply to # 373,768well you're right herpes can show up any where in the boxer shorts area but it's a bit weired that you didn't get any thing on your genitals but who know Herpes is very sneaky and operates differently in different people. But if you don't trust your doctor why not switching to a different one?
Did you tell ur doctor that you had that fluid coming out of your penis? That may help a bit as some people get a little bit of discharge from penis caused by herpes outbreak.
I don't think you can do any thing but trying to get it diagnosed. You should ask the doctor to swab those sores for a type specific herpes culture if you still have them. If they're gone then you have to wait untill they show up again or 3-4 months later take a type specific IGG herpes blood test as you body needs 3-4 months to develop the anti bodies if the infection is recent.
And yeah it is very possible that all the flu symptoms were actually flu symptoms, nut seriously there's nothing people can do online unless you force ur doc to swab the lesions for a test.
hope this helped, don't hesitate to ask questons, I'm the same way on other forums ;)
cheers,
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- Re: Another "Is this Herpes?!" case.... Hidden Username
18 y
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This is a reply to # 373,769Thank you for such a quick response.
I will go back to my doctor and ask for a swab test to see if anything comes out. The sores are still there, but seem to be healing.
I do have one more question; I read that the primary Herpes outbreak is usually the worse, does that mean that most likely I will never have a painful outbreak?
Again, thank you for your help.- Re: Another "Is this Herpes?!" case.... #60889
18 y
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This is a reply to # 373,771You're very welcome. good for you for going to the doc. s'he might be able to pop them or some thing and swab them, you'll see.
Yes, in MOST people the first one is the worst but it's not a rule. With herpes almost any thing is possible. Some people get very mild outbreaks that they don't know it's herpes for a long time until for some reason they get a noticeable one. But yeah you can pretty much tell the first is the worst as your body hasn't had a chance to develop the anti bodies and with time it learns how to fight the virus better.
Just go and see the doc and try not to obsess if you can. Still there's a lot of things that could cause your symptoms for sure.
Let us know how the it went at the doc's office and good luck- Re: Another "Is this Herpes?!" case.... caliman
18 y
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I heard that if someone has sex with someone that has herpes takes 2000mg. bht and 10 mg. of hypercium (the antiviral ingredient in st. johns wart) right after sex that they have a chance of killing it before it spreads and travels back to the ganglia nerves.
but its been 10 days for you so who knows,...its worth a shot though...
- Re: Another "Is this Herpes?!" case.... caliman
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