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Herpes or razor infection??

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I woke up with an itchy sensation. They arent painful but they do itch from rubbing on them with toilet paper. Urinating kind of stings in the one closest to the urethra. The night before I noticed them, I shaved with an old razor.. and then immediatly had (rough) intercourse with my boyfriend after. Got swabbed at urgent care this morning, but results will take 5-10 days so just want to know what I should prepare myself forimage image

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  • Regret
    Regret Guest

    Posted

    it sort of does look like herpes. but with herpes it is tricky to visually diagnose. there are some users who had sores that looked like herpes but their swabs were negative and it ended up being a bacterial infection cleared with antibiotics. it is very good you went and got swabbed early, I am hoping you don't have herpes and that it is just bacterial infection from the razor.

    • Guest
      Guest Regret

      Posted

      Thank you for your input! ill remain hopeful

  • lori73929
    lori73929 Guest

    Posted

    usually herpes has clustered sores so remain hopeful you may get lucky! best of luck

  • Kay68940
    Kay68940 Guest

    Posted

    Did you find out what it was?

    • Guest
      Guest Kay68940

      Posted

      Not yet! I will post updates when i get my results.

    • Guest
      Guest Kay68940

      Posted

      Negative for herpes and other STD's! Assuming dirty razor and sex led to infected follicles

    • Regret
      Regret Guest

      Posted

      I was very happy for your negative test! thank you for updating the forum it will help a lot of users.

    • Kay68940
      Kay68940 Guest

      Posted

      Thats great new!!! Thanks for the update

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