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Cut on Vagina

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NoOneToday
NoOneToday

Back in November I noticed a cut on my vagina. It did not resemble genital herpes, as I have had cold sores in the past. There was no initial bubble, no puss, no scabbing over once it healed. I figured it was a reaction to a new soap, or detergent.

After hours of research and freaking out, I decided to visit a doctor. I went to see a general practitioner on day 4 of the outbreak, she looked at it, and immediately said it didn't look like herpes. She took a culture anyways. It came back negative, but they said they weren't sure on the result because its past the recommended 2 days to have the test be accurate. They prescribed an antiviral, Valtrex, 500mg daily, which initially was for my cold sores, but hey, lets see if it helps with these cuts on my vagina.

I waited for another outbreak to try and get in within that time period.

Day 2 of the outbreak, a different doctor took a look. She said it didn't look like herpes, and didn't even think she could take a culture because there was no puss to gather. This doctor says the Valtrex should not be taken at such a high dosage. I should cut it back to 250mg a day, so it doesn't lose its potency over time.

Today, I have had about 8 of the same sores in the same spot. They all clear up within 5 to 8 days, I thought maybe it was a sore caused by a yeast infection.

I went back into the doctors, again a different doctor to have the yeast culture done.

She looked at it, I explained its habit, she said she thinks its genital herpes.

The yeast culture came back negative. She informed me to up my Valtrex back up to 500mg and that it does not lose potency over time.

I don't know what to do or who to trust anymore.

Do you get these same cuts? Have you had a different outcome? Do you know what they are? Is there such thing as a herpes specialist? Dermatologist?

THANK YOU for reading my VERY LONG description and thank you for any help you can provide!

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  • sabrine09527
    sabrine09527 NoOneToday

    Posted

    hello,

    i have almost the exact same symptoms as you. it began with extreme itching over my entire vulva/vagina. i really didnt think anything of it at first but went to the bathroom later and noticed tiny like "paper cuts" or cuts they werent painful or ulcerated at all. they just appeared. the following day i got my period. and thing seemed to settle down. i went to my doc about it and she said yeast infection. she didnt even look at it. i had some larger ones but they were mostly in my vulva. it took about two weeks to heal them all. they never scabbed over or anything. then i had it reappear again after my period in again this time it was in the inside of my vaginal opening. this one was extremely sore and hurt to rub on anything. went to the doc and they claimed tampon irritation and caused skin splitting. i tend to disagree. at this time i also noticed pain in my anus. i got fissures in there too but only after bowel movements and they heal very quickly. have you had unprotected sex recently?

  • NoOneToday
    NoOneToday

    Posted

    My cut always appears in the same location which occur in the labia area . They are painful due to the lesion when I pee or whip after urinating.

    I have had unprotected sex. Which maybe it's due to an irritant?

    • sabrine09527
      sabrine09527 NoOneToday

      Posted

      mine are also on the labia and more recently on the inside of my vaginal opening. it could be a irritant for sure. do you ever get any tingling prior to the sores?

    • NoOneToday
      NoOneToday sabrine09527

      Posted

      I get cold sores, and I know the instant I am about to get one. However, I do not get any of the symptoms with the sores on my vagina.

      I also should have mentioned in the original post, before all this happened, I had been suffering from chronic UTI's. I had them treated twice. I'm wondering if maybe the antibiotics have something to do with this?

    • sabrine09527
      sabrine09527 NoOneToday

      Posted

      i also suffer from chronic UTIS. unfortunately im not quite sure if that could be a reason or not for this

  • tabitha86455
    tabitha86455 NoOneToday

    Posted

    Hi there!

    Have you ever taken a herpes IGG blood test? If it's a definitive diagnosis you are looking for, you could get that done? That means you don't have to wait around for another outbreak 😃

    • NoOneToday
      NoOneToday tabitha86455

      Posted

      I have thought about that. However, I get cold sores and if the test shows up as HSV1, that won't give me an answer, because genital herpes can also be HSV1.

    • tabitha86455
      tabitha86455 NoOneToday

      Posted

      Aw yeah that is true. You could get a type specific IGG blood test therefore if it comes back positive for HSV1 - as it probably will given you get cold sores, you know it's just because of that. But it could tell you whether HSV2 is to blame. If it's neg for HSV2 you can almost me certain herpes is not to blame for your discomfort ad it's very very rare people get HSV1 orally and genitally, it's usually one or the other. Of course this is all your choice though, and I'm not a doctor.

      Best wishes 😃

    • NoOneToday
      NoOneToday tabitha86455

      Posted

      Thanks for the advice! Doesn't hurt me to get the test done, just the wallet!

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