blister on scrotum

I have a group of blisters on the scrotum. it appeared about 6 months ago on the raphe scroti, few week later it subsides n never to be seen again.
prior to it happening i had accidentally cut myself while trimming my pubes. as well had one night stand with a condom a day earlier. so i not sure what causes it..

but lately it came back n more of it out of a sudden. The thing is that it used to itch in the start now its no longer itch when i took the photo. i am scared its herpes or something. help!

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
It looks like secondary bacterial infection after you cut your skin while trimming but since there is a history of unprotected intercourse, hence herpes needs to be ruled out. 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.

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.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.

[JohnK_1181]

I have gone to the doctor for blood test and he said the test result were herpes type II IgG positve...is there a chance that its a false negative or some sort??.. perhaps i was trying to fool myself...now i am worried how am i going to have kids...

[JohnK_1181]

additionally i had another blister a month ago, and it appeared further up the raphe mediana?(fusion line from scrotum to the shaft) at the part when the flaccid penis fold and meet the scrotum... and all the blister seems to appear somewhere in the line why?

[maatson]

'Very interesting. 'Cutaneous larva migrans' (Hookworm) from the photograph.if so, can well be treated. Do consult your doc.

[maatson]

Also known as 'creeping eruption'.