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Do I have herpes?

http://tinypic.com/r/4lkd95/8

I have been with the same person for 5 months and I started seeing this yesterday. It's tender and somewhat painful. I don't have any flulike symptoms.

Is this herpes?
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Hey man did u see it for 1st time like it lks in pic or notice it b4 that?  Did it hap overnight??
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Visual diagnoses are not altogether accurate, even when given by a professional in herpes.

Are you saying you went from having nothing untoward on your penis to what is in the picture in say 24 hours? If so that does seem a very quick progression for herpes.

Overall, I would be thinking you need to consider herpes a possibility. You could present immediately for a swab. A blood test would give you a baseline herpes status and the any new infection would result in a positive by 12 or so weeks.
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