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HELP - Confused about possible Herpes diagnosis?!

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naz1324
naz1324

Hi! So, this might be a little bit lengthy but hopefully it'll explain why I'm so confused about everything.

This started on 4/8 friday when I started feeling weak and run down so I went to the doctors on Saturday with flu like symptoms. Doctor said it was nothing, and said to take a flu shot (which is weird on a whole other level). All is well, no medication needed. The next day, my genital area is so sore and swollen that my friend tells me to go see a doctor just to be sure. I look in the mirror, I see nothing. The next day, i go to my doctor and she checks and sees that there are 5 tiny ulcers clustered together. Says it might be herpes, she took a swab test. Asked when I last had sex, I said 3 weeks ago. She said it usually takes 2-3 weeks for herpes to show up.

Here's the thing. I've only been with 2 sexual partners my entire life and they've both been people I've been in a relationship with. My first relationship was 2 years long, we always wore a condom (I was young and paranoid). I was his first, he was my first. Fast forward a couple months after that R/S ends. I date one of my friends, I am also his first sexually. We've been together for a year. Nothing has ever come up. He has never gone down on me with a cold sore- nothing. I also know for a fact both of them have never been unfaithful. She also said the possibility of it being from my first partner is very very rare. I was also born through a C-section so me getting it from my mum is out of the question too :\ 

I let the doctor know this and she got a little skeptical about the herpes. She said it'd be very strange if I did have herpes in this case. She asked me to come back the day after (today).

I went back today, she said she suspects it might be a nasty infection but since results are still not in, she'll have another look and see how everything is going. She noticed that the small ulcers have now become big ulcers that are looking more and more like herpes. I asked if there is any possibility it could be something else that just has the appearance of herpes, she said not that she knows of as nothing looks like that without being herpes.

I'm so confused. I go in tomorrow to see my results but I am so anxious. I can barely sleep, doesn't help that I am coughing so badly and am so sick. This has been messing with my head. I need some advice? I've done research, herpes doesn't seem that uncommon and hard to deal with. Doctor prescribed me some cream to soothe the pain until tomorrow and I just took a salt bath but any thoughts and opinions would be gladly appreciated!

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  • FelizCastus
    FelizCastus naz1324

    Posted

    You say both boyfriends never performed oral sex on you with a cold sore, but they performed oral sex, right? Herpes can and does shed without symptoms, so it could be that, in which case you're looking at HSV1. Given how young all of you are and how few sex partners you've all had, HSV2 is unlikely. So, my guess is that it's either HSV1 from oral ... or something else entirely. Three weeks is admittedly on the long side for first outbreak symptoms. In any case, only the swab test will tell you for sure.

  • naz1324
    naz1324

    Posted

    Thank you so much for your reply. That eases my mind a little bit. That's what I thought too- with 3 weeks being such a long time! I guess for now it's a waiting game, to see what it could be. Just the reaction from my doctor being certain with the changes in the structure of the ulcers being herpes, made me even more worried!

    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus naz1324

      Posted

      Well, it could still be HSV1 and you just took longer than normal for your first outbreak to show. If you've never received any oral sex whatsoever, then you can scrap that. There are some other conditions that can cause genital ulcers. It will be interesting to see what your swab test comes back with.

    • naz1324
      naz1324 FelizCastus

      Posted

      Definitely would be interesting. Oral sex definitely did happen so can't completely scrap HSV1 out.

      Although from what I've read on here, HSV1 seems to be the better one of the two?  I'm not entirely educated on it yet so hopefully tomorrow, I'll find out and educate myself accordingly. 

    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus naz1324

      Posted

      Yes, it is the better type to have of the two. You can check out the main Patient site, the CDC and ASHA for more info, plus my discussion pinned to the top of this forum (contains external links).
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