Delayed initial outbreak?

[Pbandj123]

I was just visually diagnosed with genital herpes- waiting on the swab results and bloodwork. I had all the signs of a primary outbreak- swollen inguinal glands, malaise, fever, lesions, and internal pain. I've never had any outbreaks previous to this.

I'm female, and have just begun a new relationship with a man. My outbreak falls within the 2-12 day period when primary infections usually occur after exposure. However, it seems unlikely that he has herpes (he is getting tested now as well, but has no symptoms, and has never had any symptoms, and has tested neg. a few years ago.)

I however have been very stressed- could I have had the virus and my outbreak be just very delayed? Or could a recurrent outbreak actually just be worse than the first?

[Pbandj123]

Thank you- will do!

[feelingundone]

Odds are you if this is hsv, then you recently acquired it. It could be hsv1 from oral sex or hsv2 from Intercourse. Half of all new genital herpes infections are hsv.
There are a lot of people who have hsv and don't know it. Hsv1 igg blood tests miss at least 1 in 10 infections.
In my experience this is a primary and recently acquired. When you get the results let us know. We can help you better understand the differences between hsv2 and hsv1