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I wonder if I've got herpes?
A week ago I found a red, painless sore on the underside of my penis near the frenulum, on the inner foreskin. It's a bit painful when I touched it, and there's some pus inside the sore. I went to the doctor and got doxycycline 7 days and chloramphenicol gel for topical Tx. The red sore started bleeding a bit, like what happens when you pop a pimple, and went away in around 4 to 5 days but these white, painless, tiny / pinpoint spots started appearing on the corona of my penis in two rows. They haven't changed in size and numbers after around 3-4 days, and it's now a week since the initial discovery of the sore. I got sore throat at the same time as the sore's appearance and apparently it's strep throat, which levofloxacin took care of. But i'm most concerned about the tender, swollen lymph nodes on my inner thigh. They're still swollen and tender espc on the left side. Any thoughts? I'm a medical student so I'm very concerned over the possibility of genital herpes. I've had unprotected oral sex with a girl around 3 months ago and she didn't seem to have any signs for herpes. Thoughts please??
From what you describe is don't suspect hsv. A primary outbreak would happen 3-10 days after exposure not months later.
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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.
