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Abnormal Herpes Symptoms
I'm a 28 year old female without medical insurance. I have NEVER used protection during intercourse. I have been in a 10yr. relationship, had 1 "buddy' for a few months and am currently in a 15 month relationship. I have always had anal sex. With my last 2 outa 3 partners (buddy & current BF) we prefer mostly anal sex (not to protect against STD's or pregnancy). I know the risks are the same. Every year I am tested for all STD's, always clean. I have never suffered from ANY kind of infections (bacterial, fungal, or viral), side affects (itching, burning, odor) or other abnormalities.
Early February my BF & I were intimate (anal only). As usual there was a little bit of tearing & soreness but nothing new. The following days it seemed the soreness got worse (not usual) but not horrible. 5 nights later I suddenly had unimaginable itching on my anus & perineum. When I looked, it resembled a hemorrhoid. I used Prep-H but it burned. Assuming the small fissures were infected I poured hydrogen peroxide on it. That ran down to my labia & burned too.
In the morning I went to see a gyno since it was due to sex. He looked at my perineum & said it looked like herpes, disregarding the anal side affects since he is not a proctologist. Blood tests were taken which came back negative for herpes, a swab tests for chlamydia & gonorrhea read negative. Large, painful, itchy bumps formed on my perineum; about 12. My labia formed a black,painful scab where the hydrogen peroxide touched and I had much white vaginal discharge. Bowel movements became very painful, like passing glass. Unlike small bloody spots from fissures I now had a significant amount of blood pouring out of my anus. I experienced 2 bowel movement of a clear mucus-like discharge. Anal itching persisted & was mostly relieved with lidocaine (numbing cream).
I went to another gyno which did a swab for herpes & came back positive. She explained that I was infected recently and antibodies were not developed yet to appear on the blood test. A few days later I noticed painless, odorless, cloudy, dark brown bloody urine I have felt light headed and dizzy at times. These are not signs of herpes. UTI's or passing stones usually are associated with pain/ burning; don't think it's that.
After 5 days of peeing blood I started getting dull pain in my lower right abdomen, near my hip. Each day It spread a bit higher up near my right rib cage. The gyno cannot consult me on my anal problems, acting as if it unrelated and says the herpes outbreak is unrelated to the bloody urine. Still no odor or pain/ burning when peeing. I took Ibuprofen for the abdominal pain for 10 days.
It has been a month now and almost all the symptoms are gone including the itchy perianal bumps, vaginal discharge, mucus like stool, bloody bowel movements & urine, dizziness and pain. The ony thing left from the very start is painful bowel movements (no blood). From beginning to end new symptoms appeared as old one seemed to slowly diminish away. Symptoms started from my anus, moved to the perianal area then ended with bloody urine and abdominal pain. I never experienced vaginal breakout, pain, or odor. Medication was too expensive so I used only the lidocaine that was prescribed and took Ibuprofen at the end.
Early February my BF & I were intimate (anal only). As usual there was a little bit of tearing & soreness but nothing new. The following days it seemed the soreness got worse (not usual) but not horrible. 5 nights later I suddenly had unimaginable itching on my anus & perineum. When I looked, it resembled a hemorrhoid. I used Prep-H but it burned. Assuming the small fissures were infected I poured hydrogen peroxide on it. That ran down to my labia & burned too.
In the morning I went to see a gyno since it was due to sex. He looked at my perineum & said it looked like herpes, disregarding the anal side affects since he is not a proctologist. Blood tests were taken which came back negative for herpes, a swab tests for chlamydia & gonorrhea read negative. Large, painful, itchy bumps formed on my perineum; about 12. My labia formed a black,painful scab where the hydrogen peroxide touched and I had much white vaginal discharge. Bowel movements became very painful, like passing glass. Unlike small bloody spots from fissures I now had a significant amount of blood pouring out of my anus. I experienced 2 bowel movement of a clear mucus-like discharge. Anal itching persisted & was mostly relieved with lidocaine (numbing cream).
I went to another gyno which did a swab for herpes & came back positive. She explained that I was infected recently and antibodies were not developed yet to appear on the blood test. A few days later I noticed painless, odorless, cloudy, dark brown bloody urine I have felt light headed and dizzy at times. These are not signs of herpes. UTI's or passing stones usually are associated with pain/ burning; don't think it's that.
After 5 days of peeing blood I started getting dull pain in my lower right abdomen, near my hip. Each day It spread a bit higher up near my right rib cage. The gyno cannot consult me on my anal problems, acting as if it unrelated and says the herpes outbreak is unrelated to the bloody urine. Still no odor or pain/ burning when peeing. I took Ibuprofen for the abdominal pain for 10 days.
It has been a month now and almost all the symptoms are gone including the itchy perianal bumps, vaginal discharge, mucus like stool, bloody bowel movements & urine, dizziness and pain. The ony thing left from the very start is painful bowel movements (no blood). From beginning to end new symptoms appeared as old one seemed to slowly diminish away. Symptoms started from my anus, moved to the perianal area then ended with bloody urine and abdominal pain. I never experienced vaginal breakout, pain, or odor. Medication was too expensive so I used only the lidocaine that was prescribed and took Ibuprofen at the end.
As a whole, are these symptoms normal for herpes? I know when you break these down some are herpes symptoms, some UTIs, others constipation but mine were all back to back, caused by the same thing. Is this normal?
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
