Herpes

[redsoxguy]

I recently broke up with my girlfriend after 2 years of going out.  She had genital herpes.  We always used protection and i didn't give her oral sex becuase of her situation.  She was on medication for it which helped prevent breakouts.  For the last couple months my anus has been itching and I didn't think anything of it.  It kinda went away for a few weeks and then I noticed it start itching again.  I noticed very small bumps around the base of my penis where I shave. I went to the doctors and she said that it was from shaving. She also said it wasn't herpes or genital warts.  So I stopped shaving.  Maybe a week later I noticed 2 very small pimple like bumps near the head of my penis.  The bumps hurt if I were to touch them.  I had a little bit of a burning in my penis too.  It didn't burn when I went to the bathroom though.  I went back to the doctors and got a culture done on the bumps and I got bloodwork done to be tested for herpes.  The culture came back negative and the Type 1 came back positive and Type 2 came back negative.  I get cold sores so the lady told me that I tested positive because I get cold sores.  And she told me to get preperation H for my anus itching.  She said that I didn't have genital herpes.  Days went by and I started getting symptoms of herpes.  Muscle fatigue in my left leg and groin area.  My anus was still itching really bad.  Especially taking a hot shower.  The 2 little bumps are still there but don't hurt as much.  So I went back to the doctor and she told me that I don't have genital herpes and she told me that everything is stress and that I need to see a counselor at this point because I'm stressing over it too much and that it is nothing to worry about.  I asked her if there is a chance I could have Type 1 in my genital area because it tested positive and she said no.  I have no sores or anything.  She said not to worry about passing anything to anyone.  I had a cold sore about a month before all this happened.  I'm stuck right now... I just want to know what is going on with my body right.  I'm dating someone right now and I don't want to pass anything to her.  What are your thoughts?  Thanks.

[redsoxguy]

My new girlfriend and I just started having unprotected sex a few weeks ago seeing that my doctors are saying that I didn't have genital herpes and not to worry about anything.  We have oral sex also.  a couple days ago her vagina has been very itchy. She had a discharge that was pink.  She just finished her period when it all started.  Her vagina area became a little bit swollen.  She talked to her doctor on the phone and she said its probably a yeast infection.  She prescribed her this pill to take.  I'm just getting a little nervous because this all started when we had unprotected sex.  I feel like I passed something to her.  If you get tested for herpes, can it take up to 6 months for the test to recognize herpes?  I'm thinking if I had it but the test didn't detect it because I got herpes recently before the test.  I haven't had any problems.  My anus is still itching but I put cortaid creme on it and it seems to help.  I still have those small bumps at the base of my penis.  The doctor had said before it was from shaving or from using lubricated condoms.  They haven't changed in size.  I'm afraid I have genital herpes and I just passed it on to her.  She's not getting anymore pink discharge.  I guess time will tell.  She is going to see the doctor on Monday if it's not healed by then.  What do you think?  I'm kind of scared.

[daisy315]

Listen to your Doctor you don't have Genital HSV2 and it's very unlikely that you have HSV1 there ...... HSV1 and HSV2 have preferred sites and since your HSV1 is generally on your mouth it is highly unlikley to change it's site at this stage ..... All you have to be careful of is passing the HSV1 to your new girlfrieds genitals if you engage in Oral sex during an outbreak or if you feel a cold sore on the way ..... it is also possible that if she doesn't already have HSV1 orally she may contract that from you,she may already have it anyways since over 80% of the population does ..... lack of symptoms does not mean the virus isn't there many people are asymptomatic .....
You need to let go of the HSV2 thing you're stressing for nothing ..... culture swabs are very rarely wrong if at all ......

Daisy