Swab test negative for herpes what is this?!

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imageI have had recurring sores come up around my genitals for the past two months. I have been swab tested (pcr) for herpes last week after another sores came up and this has come back negative I took the swab as soon as the lesion came up and made sure the fluid made contact all over the swab. Someone please help I don't know what these lesions are now I am also clear for every sti.image

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  • Posted

    are they blisters first and then turn to this? itchy and hurt?

    • Posted

      They're slightly painful but not itchy they do ooze if I squeeze them. I only really notice them at this stage before that they don't seem like bumps or anything.

  • Posted

    it now definitely seems to be herpes my love, have you been to get checked ? i hope its nothing major

    • Posted

      i didnt see your wording!!! so what could it be?

    • Posted

      god knows. Going back to the clinic again tomorrow as I have these sores currently but given the negative result that suggests it's something else non sti related. Scared and confused as I don't know what's going on with my own body right now 😦

    • Posted

      maybe it's a bacterial infection of some kind? f**k knows

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    update- went to the clinic this morning and had the sores examined. Nurse says the pcr test is very rarely wrong and that they said I should take the negative result as it is and they won't do another test on it. She believes it is a bacterial infection of some kind and a non sti related cause. She also said these sores do not look like herpes so all that taken into account I don't believe I have it. I have been back and forth 4 times now with the clinic and seen various different people who all said they don't think it is herpes and along with the negative pcr test I can't keep doing this. Guess I really don't have it

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