I know first hand that anxiety and self examination can cause all sorts of irritation. Hsv would have shown up within 10 days and will not linger for a month or better.
Thank you so much for your answers. I was tested at 5 weeks for everything besides hsv and was negative, my wife knows about the situation as my anxiety about it has made daily living very difficult. Is the groin a likely first time outbreak location. The upper right part of my groin that is turning red. Is burning pretty bad today and I'm really worried im going to have an outbreak there. I just don't know how I can have all these pains in my groin and it just be anxiety.
I agree with Don, as we see this all too often and i will bet the kitchen sink that your groin pain (on both sides) was caused by you spreading your legs wide looking for things and the stinging is from pulled mucsles. You would know if you had sex as even when drunk things and images get embedded in our memory but if you dont know then tests for all std,s at the correct window period for your wifes protection.
dave
Nothing you describe sounds remotely like hsv. Your symptoms are most likely caused by your stress over nothong really. Hsv needs skin to skin contact while being massaged in. Sexual contact. That being said even if you had such contact (seriously doubt it) it would be highly unlikely to contract it from a one time exposure. You would have most likely had a highly unpleasant outbreak around 3-10 days after exposure. You are fine but you can test at 8 weeks if you want. A littke over 70% of newly aquired infections will turn pos by then.
In my opinion though, there is no real reason to suspect hsv or anything else for that matter.
Hope this helps
Sorry about that bad grammar I'm nervous and on a phone.