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Boils vs Herpes
by Elle512, Mar 21, 2009 05:28AM
I have recently became sexually active again, and stupid me I did not use protection. Because of this is prompted me to go to my gyno to get STD testing. I was tested for any and everything I could think of and for Herpes there was a blood test taken. All of my test, including Herpes came back negative. Well stupid me again, thinking he was okay because I knew I was had unprotected sex again which included anal. I am now but have before breaking out in boils or God knows what on the inside of my vagina (first time) inner tigh, anal. They are all painful. Most of them have indentations in the middle, they hurt, they have lots of puss and blood. I am scheduled for another doctor's appt. but it is killing me to think that I may have contracted an STD. Is it possible to get a false negative for Herpes....my syptomps sound a lot like it so that is why I am asking. Also the doctor did say that I tested positive for something like cold sores but it was not consisdered Herpes....does any of this sound right to you? Thank You
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I cannot say with confirmation without examination,but the features are suggestive of herpes.Cold sores is the name given to the typical lesions of herpes. Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur, they typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Typically, another outbreak can appear weeks or months after the first, but it almost always is less severe and shorter than the first outbreak.
Transmission may also occur through skin-to-skin contact during periods of asymptomatic shedding.
The only way of ruling it out is by getting yourself tested for genital herpes. Laboratory tests include: culture of the virus, direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) studies to detect virus, skin biopsy, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to test for presence of viral DNA. I sincerely advise you to consult a dermatologist and get it ruled out.
Hope it helps.Kind regards.