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Can this be herpes? devastated, please help! *PICS*

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andrea198612
andrea198612

Tuesday I've seem to have gotten what seems to be a yeast infection. Thick white discharge, but no burning or itching. What scares me that I found a couple little bumps next to my vaginal opening. They were a bit tingly then sore to the touch but not particularly painful, though peeing caused them burn a little. For me they don't seem to look like typical herpes blisters, they seemed to haven gotten raw after day one, but now they are more like drying out than turning to ulcers. I've used some boric acid suppositories and tea tree oil for the sores and seem to be getting better. Don't seem to have any flu like symptoms. Tomorrow I'm going to see a doctor, but I'm really scared and would appreciate any help. I've attached pictures from day 1 and day 2 so you can see the progression. Thank you very much

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  • andrea198612
    andrea198612

    Posted

    Well I got my results, it's HSV2. I'm devastated, don't know what to do now.

    • christine_44474
      christine_44474 andrea198612

      Posted

      It’s  going to be ok x half the world has herpes 1 or 2 or even both. If it’s not herpes it’s hpv or other stds ! Just take pro cautious and take your meds and you should live a healthy life 
    • john93228
      john93228 andrea198612

      Posted

      It's not nice to hear and i hope ur doing well now. Maybe u can help me with this bcz hr story is similar to mine and I'm also worried.

      Bcz i have these two small blister looking bumps for two months on top of my scrotum and 1 in the middle of my pubic hair area. They're completely PAINLESS. I do not feel anything. And then i got this big bump recently that burst into blood that had just mild pain when presuure is applied.

      So im worried. What do u think?

    • andrea198612
      andrea198612 john93228

      Posted

      Thank you for your answer. I'm not an expert but according to my knowledge blood is not really a symptom of herpes. Have you gone to see a doctor since?

    • john93228
      john93228 andrea198612

      Posted

      Sry for late reply i just saw this.

      So in regards to going to a doctor, no i havent im too scared to do so.

      The big bump that bursted into blood went away on its own.

      But the 2 blister looking bumps that are on top my scrotum, plus 1 underneath that is very small to notice are still there. As i said completely painless, not itchy nothing. I did notice within this week that the two main ones are bigger or at least they feel bigger, and so far it's been 3 months that i have them. They look reddish now unless if i sit so that my whole genital area looks squeezed in, then the 2 blister look white. And within the last 3 months i tried squeezing it and from 1 of them white puss did come out. And maybe it looks more reddish now as opposed to before bcz a little puss came out.

      I also had 1 blister looking bump in the center of my pubic hair region and a few weeks back i squeezed it and a solid like white substance came out and there was no puss. And ever since that spot looks smaller but not entirely healed

      So idk wtf this is.

  • andrea198612
    andrea198612

    Posted

    So, after being devastated and suicidal for over a moth and doing some research I have a couple more questions. First of all the swab was done after 5 days of the blisters appearing, they dried down by that time and again didn't feel like herpes does normally, no pus, no scans,basically they just dried out. I've read that late testing can cause a false positive result too, anybody know anything about that? Also I feel like I didn't get the right treatment in the meaning that they only tested me for hsv2 and not for hsv1 as well. Also I specifically asked for a blood test to confirm and the doctor refused stating that since I had oral herpes before it wouldn't be accurate. I feel like I've been given false information and it caused me a lot of emotional stress. Haven't had an outbreak since, I had bumps though which never turned to blisters. I'm trying to get a blood test next week since I read more and more about misdiagnosis and not all the in my opinion necessary testing was done. I'm utterly confused and really angry because it literally almost cost my life and now it turns out it can be wrong....

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