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Herpes? Help?

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emily17936
emily17936

I have sensitive skin and am prone to razor burn and ingrowns. I had shaved my private area 3 times in 1 week which is abnormal. i developed what i thought was an ingrown hair so i did what youre not supposed to do and messed with it. for a few days i got nothing then finally it popped like a pimple. i should have stopped there but i continued to push and mess with it until my skin was raw. i was also battling a yeast infection caused by penicillin from strep throat. now i have this huge painful sore.

i went to an urgent care and she put me on antibiotics but im still scared imageimage

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  • emily17936
    emily17936

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    • preethi66923
      preethi66923 emily17936

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      this happened to me last year while i was on a vacation. I had shaved prior to the trip and this terrible thing happened due to infected hair follicles. it was bad, i could not sit or lie down straight for weeks. Go visit the doctor regularly and get it cleaned by them and take your full course of antibiotics or it will return. like it did with me. but this is nothing serious and dont worry, the marks completely disappear

  • kim12266
    kim12266 emily17936

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    looks like a yeast infection

    • kim12266
      kim12266

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      the antibiotics wont help either as they are one of the main causes of yeast and yeast can cause skin sores peeling cracked skin etc

    • emily17936
      emily17936 kim12266

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      she also had me get the over the counter yeast infection cream as she couldnt tell which one it could be! so this gives me a little more piece of mind

    • kim12266
      kim12266 emily17936

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      ye iv got exactly the same going on just purchased some cream and a pessary to clear it up by all means get tested but its not always down to herpes in some cases

    • emily17936
      emily17936 kim12266

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      i got swabbed and did the blood test yesterday. its already dried up ans healing one day into the antifungal

  • emily17936
    emily17936

    Posted

    blood test came back positive for HSV1 which i new it would....i get cold sores everytime im sick or stressed. i even have one now from stress. HSV2 came back negative

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