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Herpes Symptoms?
I had unprotected oral sex with a girl last week. Two days later I had throat inflammation. We went to the clinic together and discovered that she has genital herpes. Does that mean that I have automatically contracted the virus? A fever accompanies the inflamed throat and anal irritation. She was given prescribed medication while I just got sent home with 4 pills and shot for treatment of gonorrhea or chlamydia (just in case). There are no sores on my face yet and no burning urination, but there's no way I could have escaped that right?
just because a partner has herpes, doesn't mean you contracted it from her.
what herpes testing have you had done?
did your partner get diagnosed as having hsv1 or hsv2? do you know what testing she had done? did she have obvious symptoms?
did you have your anal area looked at?
grace
what herpes testing have you had done?
did your partner get diagnosed as having hsv1 or hsv2? do you know what testing she had done? did she have obvious symptoms?
did you have your anal area looked at?
grace
They didn't do herpes testing because I believe they wanted to see if I would produce an outbreak of some sort first. She just told me to come back the following week (which i had planned to do anyway) and to let her know if I experienced any itching or burning. I would love to go right now but I am snowed in and streets are closed and they were closed today.
I also had a papsmear but i was on my menstruation at the time so it made things less easier to see. I couldn't imagine them doing a herpes test and getting a result in such little time that we were there. No testing was done on her for herpes but the scabs and scars in and on her genitalia from her previous symptoms led them to believe that she has herpes. So I don't know what kind, but all I know is that there was my mouth to her genitalia contact and I didn't receive. Then the other night she said that she was experiencing abdominal pains and vaginal bleeding. So in essence, i'm like WTF?
First of all lets keep the langague even if using abbreviations down to none. No need for it.
Visual diagnosis is wrong about 1/3 of the time. Women can have other things going on down there that may cause bumps too. You and your partner should be tested with an Herpes igg blood test to know who has what. Though your partner and you results if negative would only show your status up to this point. If either of you have had another partner in the last 3 months then the testing wouldn't be accurate.
Your partner needs to be checked for abdominal pains though.
Visual diagnosis is wrong about 1/3 of the time. Women can have other things going on down there that may cause bumps too. You and your partner should be tested with an Herpes igg blood test to know who has what. Though your partner and you results if negative would only show your status up to this point. If either of you have had another partner in the last 3 months then the testing wouldn't be accurate.
Your partner needs to be checked for abdominal pains though.
you should've never had a pap test done while you are menstruating. are you sure that's what they did or did they just do std testing?
at this point you'll both need to follow up with type specific herpes igg blood tests to see who has what. your partner needs to follow up on her symptoms too. should either of you get new lesions before then, be seen promptly for lesion cultures and typing. I know it's not fast and easy answers but it's the best you can do at this point.
grace
at this point you'll both need to follow up with type specific herpes igg blood tests to see who has what. your partner needs to follow up on her symptoms too. should either of you get new lesions before then, be seen promptly for lesion cultures and typing. I know it's not fast and easy answers but it's the best you can do at this point.
grace
I asked if it was possible or appropriate to give a pap smear during menstruation and she said that it can be done and that it needed to be done. And I guess you're sounding like it's pretty confirmed that I have contracted the virus. So basically I have to find out which type and learn my options on how to treat it. Got it. Thanks.
If she only preformed oral sex on her partner, she wouldn't develop any symptoms in her genitals (or anus), right?...like it would appear in her throat. mouth, etc?..
Its not that at all. It's that you need proper testing to find out if you have something to worry about. If your partner had nothing then you couldn't have had an initial outbreak from herpes. It's a process to which we always recommend that testing.
We just want you to get testing to help in the process of elimination as well as helping to know what you have or don't have. It helps believe me.
Anxious26
Yes she would have had symptoms on her face since she never had genitial contact and the partner didn't perform oral sex on her.
We just want you to get testing to help in the process of elimination as well as helping to know what you have or don't have. It helps believe me.
Anxious26
Yes she would have had symptoms on her face since she never had genitial contact and the partner didn't perform oral sex on her.
performing pap while you had your period was inappropriate. The provider needs to update their knowledge to better serve their patients. You can test for vaginitis and std's while you have your period but you can't do a pap. it often comes back falsely abnormal during menstruation which is why it shouldn't be done.
so do you have any idea what testing your partner had done that came back as + for herpes?
so do you have any idea what testing your partner had done that came back as + for herpes?
She never had an actual test. They "concluded" this from her pap smear. Unfortunately for me I feel that diagnosis was correct because I am now experiencing tingling in my face and an appearance of a sore. I have an appointment to get a conclusive diagnosis but as far as i can tell that I have herpes. I think that she was approaching an outbreak because of her stressful condition and the fact that she just found out that she is PREGNANT. (I mean how much worse can this get?) Now she experienced bumps on her genital area and severe itching for a few days and after taking ancyclovir they have subsided.
your partner needs to pursue proper type specific herpes igg testing. the herpes testing with the pap test isn't always accurate and being pregnant she needs to confirm her status properly.
are you still with this partner?
are you still with this partner?
We are not in a relationship but we communicate daily. She called me the other day to say that it was a misdiagnosis and that she was diagnosed with genital warts and that she had a pregnancy scare due to the fact that she read the home test wrong. There is too much going on that I just need confirmation. So I'm still getting the herpes test and if that is negative or inconclusive I will be checked for anything and everything else. She keeps telling me "You probably don't have anything." But I have gone through so much this past week and a half that I know it's not just nothing. I definitely know it's viral that's for sure because this ancyclovir has definitely helped. I just need to put this to rest so I can know how to treat this and prevent spreading whatever this may be. So I'm trying to put the pieces together. Oral hpv? But then again it affected my genitals as well. I'm not even freaked out about this anymore. I'm more like fascinated by it. It's just unbelievable...I was fully clothed and licking her genitals made my body go into shock. And so fast. I wish I had stayed pre-med...
no reason to think oral hpv.
acyclovir "working" really doesn't mean anything anyways, anything viral was going to run its course in 1-3 weeks on its own even without treatment.
it's the sore throat time of the year. really no reason to think a std. cover your bases for peace of mind and go from there so you can move on :)
encourage your former partner to seek out a full work up on her own too - sounds like she's a little "messed up" at the moment.
acyclovir "working" really doesn't mean anything anyways, anything viral was going to run its course in 1-3 weeks on its own even without treatment.
it's the sore throat time of the year. really no reason to think a std. cover your bases for peace of mind and go from there so you can move on :)
encourage your former partner to seek out a full work up on her own too - sounds like she's a little "messed up" at the moment.
I feel like everyone has an answer for my oral issue but why is this affecting my genitalia? My clothes were not removed and there was no hand to genitalia contact. I discovered this wart on my tongue this morning. Right now I'm thinking that she hit me with a double whammy of HSV and HPV. Genital warts wouldn't cause the fever symptoms and the only contact was oral. HSV, depending on which kind, can still affect the genital region even without contact and my symptoms read true. I'm finally getting the official HSV tests tomorrow so we'll know then. But now I have to go and the get this wart checked out today.
it's doubtful this is a wart on your tongue. see your provider today or tomorrow for further work up. stop back and let us know how things went.
The doctor said that it could be a yeast infection from the antibiotics given for treatment of the possible chlamydia or gonorrhea (which happened weeks ago). However my results came in today.
Negative: 1.0
Result: <0.9
NEGATIVE
How is that negative? If something is detected at all, then shouldn't it be positive? I'll admit i'm not understanding this.
Negative: 1.0
Result: <0.9
NEGATIVE
How is that negative? If something is detected at all, then shouldn't it be positive? I'll admit i'm not understanding this.
if your hsv2 igg is 1 then yes it's negative unless you tested too early ( or am I misunderstanding what you are asking? )
Yea that's what I was asking. I probably did test too early. How long should I wait before I retest?
Why would the virus be hard to detect via blood test if you're currently experiencing symptoms?
you need to wait at least 3 months after the last time you had sex for igg blood testing. it can take that long for detectable antibodies to be developed to be detected on the test.
if you have active symptoms, a lesion culture can be done but it needs done as early into symptoms as possible.
if you have active symptoms, a lesion culture can be done but it needs done as early into symptoms as possible.
I feel like everyone is still uncertain about how the virus functions. Is it unheard of to have genital symptoms although there was only oral activity? Like, I wouldn't imagine HSV I contracted orally would affect my genitals. Is it possible that maybe HSV II could? I guess that stems up another question. Is it possible for the strands to affect both your genitals and oral/face at the same time?
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