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Do I have hsv-2 or not?

I started dating a guy sept. 2013 and we had sex between January 4-15. After that, I experienced a cold sore on my top lip(I knew at that point I has hsv-1, no biggie). I started to experience a sore throat(white things on the back of my throat, warm sensation in my vagina and a crawling feeling in my anus. So I decided to take an hsv-2 blood test on January 30th which came back negative. I also took an hiv as syphillis test on February 12 which also came back negative. Soon after, the heat in my vagina turned into a burning sensation, along with smelly discharge. I went to the doctor on February 19 as she said it was chlamydia. She gave me doxycycline, metronidazole and canestan vaginal inserts which I took from February 20-27. I took another hsv-2 blood test on February 27th which also came back negative. I got my period on the 27th as well, which on the third day seemed to trickle, then go back to full bleeding.

On Monday march 3 I felt great pain in my right labia majora. I took a painkiller and went to sleep. The next morning I woke up and felt a hard lump between my labia majora and minora! I looked at it and it seemed to have no head, just under the skin and painful to touch. It became large almost like a marble. I went to the doctor on Thursday march 6 and she said it "looked herpetic." Then said "no no, those are your normal vaginal bumps." She prescribed Enhancin and ibuprofen for the pain. As soon as I got home from the doctor, I felt pain in my vulva again as another hard skin-deep lump appeared on the opposite side of my vulva to match my marble size lump on the other side. The veins down there look raised as well. This new lump felt pea-sized.

Yesterday morning I woke up and felt a small painful pea-sized lump under my armpit. I became scared again. I went into the bathroom last night, sterilized a needle and tried to pop what looked like the head of my marble sized lump. The prick was small so only a bit of blood came out.  I got scared and slept with a piece of toilet paper there(it was quite rough.) I woke up this morning to look at it and it hasn't scabbed over, but the thin skin around the area I pricked with my needle is gone, and it looks red and fleshy all around it.

I'm so confused as to what this is! My doctor seemed confused too!

Please help!

Ps. I have a yellowy discharge that smells almost medicinal. Mild itching from time to time but nothing constant. Crawling feeling around anus still comes every now and then as well.
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Im sorry as was not following your post as thats the problem with long detailed posts. At 6 weeks a low positive may show up but maybe not 3 months is conclusive.
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I pricked my first cyst with a needle and some blood came out. I got scared and slept with toilet paper down there. This morning I woke up down there seemed weird, I tried squeezing it again, and the thin skin of my minora came off revealing redness and what seems to be tiny white heads. I can't tell of they are raised or not. They do not hurt as much anymore. The lump under my arm has a dull pain but not severe like when I got the cysts between my labias.

If I tested negative at 6 weeks after exposure on the 27th of February, and got these cysts 4 days later on march 4th, wouldn't antibodies have shown up on the February test?
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Hi, herpes sores are not under the skin but on top and since you tested negative twice you can rule out genital herpes. The armpit bump most likely a inflamed infected hair pore and not related to herpes from your oral hsv1.
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