Herpes Symptoms?

[Ursule]

Before last summer, I had not had sex for a couple years.  STD tests were all negative.  Since, I have had sex with three individuals, one of whom, is my boyfriend.  I have had unprotected sex multiple times with this boy, and twice, with the boy I was with before him.  

I was std tested after the first of the three boys, and everything came up negative (though ive heard herpes anibodies dont always show up early on).  i just recently, was tested again, and the results are not yet in.

The trouble is, that I have had recurrent yeast infections this summer, and consistently painful sex (almost always) with this partner.  we have been together for 6 months.  i have lubrication trouble, and often feel sore after having sex with him.  On and off, I had to avoid sex with him because of the yeast infections.  A week and a half ago, I was treated for a yeast infection.  I felt that the symptoms were gone, but the doctor said she could still see that I had it, and gave me a prescription.  Five days passed, and I had no symptoms.  I thought it would alright to have sex.  My boyfriend and I had sex, and things felt fine.  Ten minutes passed afterwards, that I felt alright.  Suddenly, I felt very intense stinging, like nothing I had felt before.  I assumed I had had sex before the yeast infection was actually gone.  I continued to have pain, and went back to the doctor after a few days.  Now, she said she saw ulcerations, that were most likely herpes.  The took a culture, and bloodwork was ordered.  She prescribed Valtrex, which I have been taking twice daily for 4 days.  

Now, of course, I had to check it out.  I used a mirror to inspect myself, and could see two, small, pale blister-like things, right inside my vagina.  They looked similar to one another, and were directly opposite one-another, at 4- and 8- oclock (closer to backside).  I was unable to see anything else.  After 1.5 days of taking Valtrex, the ulcers burst open, and liquid puss did come out.  This frightened me a lot.  Today (about 4 days in), I feel little discomfort.  

What is the likelyhood that this is herpes?  How will I know that the test results are accurate?  This doctor seems to brush me off, and even told me that if I saw improvements while on Valtrex, we would assume I had herrpes even if the tests are negative.  This doesnt sound right to me.  Because of the placement of the ulcers, I feel some hope---but I dont want to be too hopeful.  I don't know what questions to ask my doctor, and I am very anxious.

[daisy315]

The culture your doctor took will return an accurate result as to whether this is Herpes or not,so the best thing to do for now is to assume you have Herpes until proven otherwise by the culture and blood work,I say this only because for now it is much better to stay safe until your results are back,your b/f should also get tested so that you are both aware of eachothers sexual status there is not point in only one of you being tested as either one of you may have HSV2 or perhaps both perhaps neither, only testing can give the answers to that   ......

Daisy  

[sutherlandsarah]

If you are having recurrent yeast infections, and you are having unprotected sex w/ your partner, your partner can also get a yeast infection.  You can treat yourself all you want for a yeast infection, but if your partner doesn't get treated also, you'll get it back.  Having a recurrent yeast infection like that can ALSO lead to sores.  And just using cream, or taking diflucan doesn't mean it's going to go away.  Sometimes the doctor needs to prescribe a steroid cream or something like that to help it along.