Have I been exposed to herpes

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I had a one night stand with a girl about 2 and half weeks ago after 5 years of no sex. She insisted on turning the light of which is strange looking back now.She used a lot of saliva on my penis when giving me a hand job. About 3 days ago on monday I had an annoying itch on the shafts of my penis inside my foreskin which I scratched and then it turned red, on tuesday the itch then turned into a very uncomfortable tingling all over my penis which has not stopped for the past two days. It's like stinging and quiet uncomfortable and I also have some lower back pain. Even though I have no sores yet I am pretty sure this is the early stage of herpes.Has anyone had these symptom? I am in the middle of doing a University assignment but I can't even focus.I am going to get tested on Friday.

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  • Posted

    Probably too early to test unless you have a visible sore.

    • Posted

      How long would the tingling last before I see some sores?

  • Posted

    does sound like it... maybe type 1.

    id do a blood test after at least 16 Weeks (without medication)

    • Posted

      Thank you for replying.How long will the tingling last before the sores appear?

    • Posted

      mine usually show up within a few hours of tingles iv got type 1

    • Posted

      I have had the tingling for more than 2 days now I keep looking for the sores but they haven't appeared yet

    • Posted

      u should wait for symptoms before testing as your symptoms mabe other things u should visit a doctor anyway

    • Posted

      I went to my GP today he said he is not able to diagnose tingling as he could not see anything visible on my penis so he can't say what I have. He advised me to go to the Gum clinic on Friday and prescribed Aciclovir 400 mg just case the sores show up in the next couple of days.

    • Posted

      Hopefully. My back is killing me aswel which I hear could be another symptom of gh, hope fully it's just from all the worry and stress the last couple days, will see.

    • Posted

      Thank you for taking your time to reply you are an amazing person

    • Posted

      just an update I am going to get tested tomorrow but what looks like a herpes sores has just started developing on my penis. So surprised that it took more than two weeks from my prodome symptoms to pop up and to get my first sore.

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