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Normal for herpes?

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SallyJoe
SallyJoe

Can someone please tell me if it this sounds like a typical, in what they've experienced herpes outbreak?

About two weeks ago I got really red and extremely irritated on my vagina. About 4 days into this it moved upwards toward my clitoris. Then several red bumps appeared. The red bumps came and went without any pus drainage or extreme pain. No crusting. Nothing. Here we are two weeks later, and the same thing is happening again.

Does this sound like herpes? Allergies? Lichens? Folliculitis? Anyone? Please help!

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  • nikki1230
    nikki1230 SallyJoe

    Posted

    Herpes usually itches really bad
    • nikki1230
      nikki1230 SallyJoe

      Posted

      I'd go get it checked out just to be sure. Do you think you've been exposed?
    • SallyJoe
      SallyJoe

      Posted

      The red bumps do not really itch. The itch typically is prior to the red bumps and kind of starts more on the internal part than the outer part.
    • SallyJoe
      SallyJoe nikki1230

      Posted

      Let me rephrase. It is super itchy. Usually itchy before I get the red bumps and the itch sort of starts on the inner lips. Once the red bumps appear the itch is less and the bumps hardly itch.
    • SallyJoe
      SallyJoe

      Posted

      And the red bumps are only on the outer like the top outside of my vagina.
    • feelbroken
      feelbroken SallyJoe

      Posted

      Definitely sounds suspicious.not all the time does it itch, sometimes mine do.
    • SallyJoe
      SallyJoe nikki1230

      Posted

      I definitely don't think I've been exposed. Haven't been sexually active with anyone but my husband for eight years. And not even with him for around 6 weeks.
    • feelbroken
      feelbroken SallyJoe

      Posted

      Well you said they swabbed you and it came back positive fro type 1, which means you got it from your husband from oral sex. Happens all the time.
    • SallyJoe
      SallyJoe feelbroken

      Posted

      I'm just not sure if when they tested me it was a blood test or a swab. I honestly cannot remember. I spoke with my ob/Gyn more about today. He is 100% confident it is not herpes. He maintains its lichens sclerosis which I've had for years paired with contact dermatitis. However, if it keeps reoccurring he wants to do a biopsy to further test. But he said the fact that the topical ointment I'm using helps it signals to him immediately it's not herpes because if it were herpes the ointment wouldn't make a difference. So I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
    • feelbroken
      feelbroken SallyJoe

      Posted

      Interesting, considering your symptoms that you described, are not what's described as linchen sclerosis..

      Why are you worried it was herpes then, if your doc said that to you? Cannot be sure of anything, until swabbed.

  • feelbroken
    feelbroken SallyJoe

    Posted

    You'll never know w out getting tested. The symptoms you read online are classic worst case scenario and if you have like all the possible symptoms there are. Everyone is different. I have a friend who has never had extreme pain and only gets rwd, irritated and red bumps.

    Have you recently been sexually active? Best course of action is to go get swabbed, but needs to be done 48hrs when symptoms present. Blood test takes 3-6 months for antibodies to show, after a new infection.

    Are you diagnosed w herpes or suspecting you have it?

    • SallyJoe
      SallyJoe feelbroken

      Posted

      Hello. So I am diagnosed with lichens sclerosis. About 5 years ago after shaving I had these kind of infected looking bumps show up, doctors tested for herpes at that time. I was negative for type II, positive for type I. Was told everyone has type I and diagnosed with folliculitis. Since then and for the last 8 years total I have been with my husband and only my husband. I have had nothing else like this since and what I have now is presenting much different than what I had then. I recently changed brands of tampon. Could that do this?
    • feelbroken
      feelbroken SallyJoe

      Posted

      If your doctors swabbed your bumps and it came up positive for HSV 1, then you got that from oral sex.

      Herpes presents differently in everyone and can change over time depending on factors such as stress, compromised immune system, lack of sleep, etc. It shows up in me differently quiet often.

      The outside of your vagina has nothing o do w tampons. The severity of obs is what makes a difference in appearance. I just had an OB in a place I never had it before, in my groin and it just was a red patch and looked like a welt on one side.. No bumps. You're asking for a one size fits all description of herpes and there isn't one. I also had another OB and it was a single red bump. No ous, no blisters. Stop stressing.

    • feelbroken
      feelbroken SallyJoe

      Posted

      If you weren't swabbed and only a blood test, then I gave no idea. Blood tests only tell you that you have it, not where the infection is at. You have to go get the bumps swabbed w in 48hrs of appearing.
    • SallyJoe
      SallyJoe feelbroken

      Posted

      Stop stressing? LOL I am dying over here! Anyhow, it all cleared up... I did have the bumps swabbed back in the day. Oral herpes type 1 is not just from oral sex.... 80% of people have type 1, and I was positive for type 1 as a complete virgin!
    • feelbroken
      feelbroken SallyJoe

      Posted

      I studied herpes on The virology level, I'm quite educated on it. My statement was based on having HSV 1 on the genitals, coming from oral sex being preformed on you. I'm aware most have it in their mouth, but your posts haven't been very clear and have been a little confusing.

      We have a virgin on this site who got diagnosed w genital HSV 1. You don't have to have intercourse to get HSV 1 on your genitals.

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