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Unsure if this is anal herpes?

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I had been quite constipated recently and I've been going small but very often so I'm wiping a lot. On Sunday I felt this was getting sorer and sorer. I went yesterday to have the area swabbed, but I'm still really worried that it could be anal herpes. The first photo was before the swab and second is post, after I applied the anaesthetic cream the doctor gave me. Any advice is much appreciatedimageimage

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  • cat17356
    cat17356 Sd780920

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    it'd be better to get tested for sure but honestly it just looks like irritation.

    • Sd780920
      Sd780920 cat17356

      Posted

      Many thanks for your reply!

      I had only started seeing someone a few months ago and this has just appeared and kinda freaked me out, and I have him on edge too.

  • Caitlin_B
    Caitlin_B Sd780920

    Edited

    Have you had anal sex recently?

    • Sd780920
      Sd780920 Caitlin_B

      Posted

      Yeah I have, it would have been last weekend the 20th of June. These symptoms appeared just this Sunday. Although the sex was protected.

    • Caitlin_B
      Caitlin_B Sd780920

      Edited

      It looks like you have some tearing from the skin stretching too much either from trying to push so hard from constipation or from anal sex. It is not herpes though.

    • Sd780920
      Sd780920 Caitlin_B

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply!

      Yeah I'm hoping it's just some irritation to the skin. The timing of it all just doesn't add up if it were to be herpes. It's probs gonna take a while to heal given the location of the affected area...

      The GUM doctor said she sees on average 2-3 cases a week of genital herpes and she was fairly confident this wasn't another. Best to be tested just in case!

  • Sd780920
    Sd780920

    Posted

    I was diagnosed today with HSV 1.

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