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Hsv2 or yeast or both?

Hi, 25 days ago I had unprotected sex with a male who's status I don't know. I immediately started feeling a weird sensation in my vagania. I was in a foreign country and got on a plane two days later and flew for about 21 hours total. The whole time I was feeling a tingle. The morning after the sex I started taking Cipro that I had with me because I was totally freaked out. I continued to take it when I got home and I started taking a old prescription of amoxicillin so I was pretty heavily medicated with antibiotics, hoping to kill off any clymidia I might have gotten. I was feeling pretty run down when I got home because of jet lag and a 3 week hiking trip. I had a backache on the lower right side and really bad fatigue. Just a bunch of weird "not feeling right" type of symptoms. I did a 10 panel test and was negative for everything 11 days post exposure so I know herpes which I ordered with it wasn't conclusive. Around day 12 or so I started itching and burning a bit and by day 14 I had a full blown yeast infection. I was swollen, red rash, itching severely, burning but no discharge so I was really scared it was herpes. I used a three day anti fungal and it cleared for the most part after the third day. By the 2nd day it was remarkably better. Now I still have dryness and what looks like a paper cut. I can still feel tingling and one side is still swollen but I started my period 3 days ago so I don't know if that's it. I have researched constantly and herpes is all I think about. When I take a Xanax I stop obsessing and I don't feel all the tingles. But before my yeast infection I did have lower back pain, a headache, tingles, pain in my right buttocks same side as back pain and a general feeling of unwell. What I'm really wondering is would a primary herpes outbreak go away with anti fungal cream? Could that be a coincidence and the yeast infection was the OB? I have anxiety and OCD so I don't know if I'm making it all up because I can't stop obsessing. The guy swears he doesn't have any sti's. Sorry for rambling I just need to talk to someone about this, I haven't told a soul and it's eating me alive. Thanks!
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15249123 tn?1478652475
Yes 26 days would be past a primary outbreak. In very rare occasions it can happen around the 20 day mark but that again is very rare. The average is about 4 days.
Testing at 4 weeks is to soon. The earliest would be 8 weeks and is a good indicator. 12 weeks would be conclusive.
  Thank you for the kind words
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Thank you for answering! One more question, would you say 26 days post exposure with no blisters I am past the primary outbreak? Everything I've read says 90% of infected people don't know they have it. I had a red rash on the inside lip of the left side of my vagina a few days before my yeast infection so I don't know if that was the yeast starting to flare up. It was the opposite side of my back, leg and buttocks pain. Also, how conclusive would a test be at 4 weeks? I really need to put this behind me. Anxiety and guilt do a number of things to your mind! Thanks for your help, you guys are providing a very valuable service for all of us.
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15249123 tn?1478652475
The tingles were probably always there. I get them as well. The fact you became hyper aware of the area is what was going on. Herpes symptoms take days (4 is the average) to come on. Not right away. Also none of your symptoms would be herpes related on there own. Hsv would  not react to any anti fungal at a all and takes on average 10-14 days to heal up so clearly that was not herpes related.

The odds of contracting hsv2 from a single exposure with a known positive partner is 1 in a 1000. You don't know your partners status so your odds are even better. Hsv is not a super contagious infection. Test at twelve weeks to be certain. You can test at 8 weeks as that will be a great indicator as 85% would test positive by then.
All in all it is very doubtful you contracted hsv.
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