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Genital Herpes, Yeast Infection, or Jock Itch?
4 weeks ago I made a stupid mistake and had unprotected sex with a random promiscuous girl. A week later I started to have redness itchiness on the frenulum and below it on the right and left sides under the head. The area would also get dry and peel a bit. I bought some vagistat and the condition didn't really improve so then I started to use Lotrimin hoping it was jock itch. It would also burn when I would apply lotion to moisturize the area or when i would masturbate. I went to the doctor and now it's been 2 and a half weeks since the itching and redness started. It still burns a bit when i apply lotion. i went to the doctor and he said it was too early to tell. I don't have any sores or lesions or any puss just redness and irritation. the doctor decided to give me a blood test for herpes simplex virus and prescribed to Valtrex saying that even if i didn't have it it will be good to take it. It was a bit awkward so I didn't really ask any questions and left panicking. My question is how likely is it that I have herpes. and also i hear that hte blood test isn't that accurate in that it could say I don't have it when actually I could still. How do I find out? I'm still applying lotrimin so if i take valtrex and lotrimin and if it goes away how do I know which one it is? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Grace. The irritation persists but I still don't see sores and it's been a few weeks, started the antifungals 5 days ago and the irritation and itch is still present and gets exacerbated when I masturbated in eh shower with soap. Other than herpes could you be a bit more specific on some others so that I can research them. I guess I'm just hoping to god it's not herpes, but just want to do as much research as I can to try to keep my sanity as I wait in the interim and try to monitor the area.
Just itching for this long could be many things.
It was too early for a blood test to be helpful for herpes though at least it gives you a baseline result to compare future tests too.
I suggest you see a different provider if this continues. If antifungals didn't clear it up in 2 weeks, odds are it's not fungal.
grace
It was too early for a blood test to be helpful for herpes though at least it gives you a baseline result to compare future tests too.
I suggest you see a different provider if this continues. If antifungals didn't clear it up in 2 weeks, odds are it's not fungal.
grace
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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.
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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.
