Can't tell if I have genital herpes or not. *Picture included
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My boyfriend and I have been together for a year and a half. During that time, we have sex with no one else. Just recently, 8 had a sore appear on the lip of my vagina. It's slowly gotten bigger over the last few days.
I've also had flu/cold symptoms - sore throat, white patches aback of my throat, running a slight fever, coughing (sometimes it's a dry cough, sometimes a little phlegm comes up). I've been taking a Zpack but I threw up yesterday and today.
I've only slept with two other men before my current boyfriend and we used a condom (yes I know that doesn't prevent 100%) whereas my boyfriend has had unprotected sex before. However, he's never had an outbreak before. He had a sore on his lip several days ago, but he said it was a fever blister and he has gotten those before when we were together and we've never had any trouble before this.
it doesn't hurt when I urinate and it doesn't itch or hurt really unless I touch it. I also had my period end yesterday and it was never bothered by that either.
Im going to the doctors tomorrow but was paranoid so I posted this to see if I could get a better understanding of what I might be walking into tomorrow.
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cartercali Djbenedi
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It definitely does have similarities to genital herpes. Your best bet is to a swab culture . Just because your boyfriend hasn't had any symptoms doesn't mean he doesn't have it. It could just be dominant in his skin.
And he should definitely get a blood test to see .
You said that you weren't in much pain and it doesn't burn when you urinate so that makes it a little more questionable
Djbenedi cartercali
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Yeah, I plan on going tomorrow and getting it checked out. And I've read that it can stay dormant but you can still get it.
I think he plans on getting tested this week. He was in the Army but he said all they ever tested him for was HIV. /:
cartercali Djbenedi
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It's sad to say it's not mandatory that they test for herpes unless you're showing signs or symptoms .
Many people have it and don't even know .
Djbenedi cartercali
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Tell me about it. There's also this on my lip. However, I don't know if it's from just biting it or not. I've bitten my lip before/chewed on it and it's done this before. But I can't remember if it looked like this for sure or not.
But if this was actually an initial outbreak, would it be in both places? Or just one? I want to say I just bit my lip in my sleep or something. Woke up one morning and it was sore.
jane80952 Djbenedi
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I'd get both areas cultured and if negative, then IgG blood test. Both sores are suspicious for herpes.