Is this Herpes? I have few questions.

hi! I am new here, and I have been very bothered about these blisters in my vaginal and anus area. I just want to ask if a. Does this look like herpes? b.) what are other genital skin problems that looks like herpes (or looks like the one in the picture that i provided)? c.) can I get a blood test for herpes? Because my OB is out of the country and I don't want any other doctor to take a swab or something.

- It all started mid last year when I felt there's an itchy bump in the left cheek of my vagina, when I was scratching it, it popped up. I took a picture of it and I thought it was just a pimple. so I applied some anti bacterial medication so it will not get infected. a month or so after another bump appeared. I was aware that when I felt another itchy bump I'd take a picture of it. I did and it look like this, but just only 1 bump. searched over the internet and all the search lead me to herpes. I panic and got worried as I had my last intercourse with my boyfriend 1 year ago after the episode (2014 i had my first episod 2015. me and my boyfriend are in a long distance relationship after I graduated college in 2014) so I went to my OB she took a look at it, I explained to her that all i felt was just itchiness. I asked her if it's hepes and she just told me it doesn't look like herpes. I even asked her if she could have a blood test or a sample for her to take and have it tested if it's herpes. She said, no because it doesn't look like herpes to her. she asked me if I have skin conditions that looks like watery and itchy, i said yes, I used to have eczema outbreak in my finger. but it doesn't show up unless I eat too much chicken. So she just gave me some cream (which didn't help btw, as it just makes the itchiness worst) i stopped using the cream and just put calamine lotion ( i don't know if it's okay to put it near the genitals or not but it sure does helped me with the itch). then 2 months after I had another thing showed up, I went to my other ob few days after it popped (i guess it just popped because it grows where my panty line was, and when it popped it doesn't hurt, i really don't feel anything. it's just that it's itchy.) so, i went to my new OB, she took a look at it, and told me she couldn't take some swab on it because it's near to be okay. so, i was like okay i'll just go back when I have another episode again. My new ob is really helpful, and she explained to me about herpes not to worry about it and just go straight to her so we can take a test and I will not be stressed. She told me that it didn't look like herpes and I don't have herpes symptoms, I don't feel ill, not pains just itch. I didn't stop asking her and she just prescribed me a cream, it's zovirax (something like that) and she told me to use gloves when putting it and when I touch it, i should wash my hands right away. But she made it clear that for her it's not herpes but just to be sure we should have proper precautions to do. So, i put the cream on the blistered area, i just put it once as the blister was near to heal and a day after I put the cream the blister was gone. I didn't have an episode after that. J

 This one in the picture is the blisters/bumps I have right now. A day ago, I felt itchiness so I was like "okay here we go again..." i kept on feeling bumps and stuff yesterday but i didn't feel anything. Then today, when I took off my panty I felt something popped. That's when I took a picture. it looks something like that and this time, there's lots of it. Now, i'm kinda worried if this is herpes or not, I put on some zovirax cream on it. I called the OB assistant for an appointment tomorrow but she told me that my ob is out of a country for a conference. I didn't want to go to another OB coz i am comfortable with her. I don't worry when she explains things like this. So. right now, i'm just trying to go online and search and luckily i've found this forum hoping someone can tell me if this could be herpes some kind of eczema? (i don't know if we can get eczema in our genitals but just trying my luck here. )

- about the picture and before the bumps appeared, few days after my period, I wasn't able to use tampons this time because the pharmacy and the grocery store where me and my mum was staying (we were out of town) ran out of tampons so I used pads which I was allergic to, and that area where the bumps appeared were the pad lines were. Those previous outbrake was after my period also and all was when I don't have tampons. and on the anal outbreak was when I was trying to wear a night pads too. the long ones.

- I also had intercourse with my boyfriend August this year. So that's 2 years of not having intercourse for me.

- about the symptoms, I don't feel ill, I feel normal, i'm even energetic, my lymph nodes are okay ( I let a doctor friend check it out for me and he said it's normal), i don't have any pelvic pains or any pains, my discharge are normal, no foul smell (okay, I dont know if it's part of the symptoms).

- since my OB is out of the country, I was just wondering if this could be herpes or something else? My tummy rumbles everytime I try to search for herpes as I am kinda scared looking at the pictures. that's why I am just posting this and hoping someone can answer to my queries.

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