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Help in pain... herpes?

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I finally went to the dr because I am in so much pain. At first the bumps were itchy and kind of burning like razor burn. I stupidly shaved 3 days in a row so was expecting burn and ingrown hairs. I ended up with around 30 bumps and plucked a hair from every single one. They got super aggravated and painful. Stinging when I move and just all around painful if I wear underwear/clothes. Dr looked and right away said it was herpes bc I have open sores. Did a swab (very painful by the way) and now I wait. I know the pic looks awful (it feels awful, believe me) but any chance it could be something else? I did have a lot of sex the two days before these showed up so I thought my skin was aggravated by shaving, rubbing skin and sweat! Oh and it also burns like a mother when I pee and the lymph nodes in my groin (both sides) have been extremely sore and sometimes even painful.image

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    UPDATE... My doctor just called. He said results take about 10 days but from what I explained to him he said it sounds like razor burn. He said testing is NOT reliable and Canadian OHIP no longer covers the blood tests. He said not to worry and to think of it as razor burn. IF I get it again to come right in and he will look at it. He said that is more reliable than getting tested, even if you do get a positive test result. So basically it sounds like testing is really off and unreliable and also that it isn't such a big deal.

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      One more thing. It has only been 5 days and it is almost 100% cleared up. Doesn't sound like herpes.

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