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Itchy Painful Bumps on Vaginal Lips -- Herpes? HPV?

Hi.  I have been going out of my mind with nervousness over the past few weeks and think that I have herpes or HPV (genital warts).  

I had skin-to-skin genital contact and had oral sex performed on me (but no vaginal intercourse) with a guy exactly 4 weeks ago (on Aug. 13th).  

9 days later (Aug. 22nd), I first started feeling extremely itchy on my vaginal lips and around the entrance to my anus.  This itchiness increased to the point that it was unbearable.  During that time, I tried taking yeast infection meds, but that didn't work.  

7 days after that (Aug. 29th), I noticed 2 large bumps under the skin near my anus.  They were not itching, but were painful only when I pressed on them.  

2 days later (Aug. 31st), I saw an OB/GYN.  She wasn't sure what it was, but she took a culture for yeast and did a test for STDs.  Both came back negative, BUT the STD test would have been done too soon to detect herpes -- it takes around 3 months for the body to make antibodies that would appear in a blood test.  Prior to Aug. 13th, the last time I had had sex with someone was 8 months ago, and the last time I fooled around with a guy (with skin-to-skin contact) was 3 ½ months ago, so I am pretty sure that these tests are accurate up until this encounter.  Over the next few days, the itchiness got even worse on both my vaginal lips, near my clitoris, and around the entrance to my anus.

5 days later (September 5th), I noticed 2 large lumps on my outer vaginal lips that looked like they were under the skin.  Also, the lips in general looked lumpy/droopy/ripply.  Finally, there were also smaller red dots (almost like pimples) on the lips and above the vagina (under the pubic hair) that hurt if I pressed down on them.  Also, I noticed 3 or 4 smaller bumps around my anus that could either be hemorrhoids or something else.  

2 days later (September 7th), I returned to the OBGYN, and she did a culture and found bacterial vaginosis (BV).  She also took a biopsy of one of the small bumps at the entrance of my anus to test it for herpes.  She said that she was unable to test the larger 2 lumps on my vaginal lips and the 2 lumps near my anus because they were all under the skin.  

2 days later (September 9th), the lumps on my vaginal lips look larger and are now hurting without even pressing on them.  The itching has actually decreased, but now my lips are painful.  The lumps are actually somewhat difficult see except that they are making the lips droop and crinkle in a weird way.  When I run my finger down the lips, I feel them easily, and they are painful when I press on them (and painful when I don't now too).  They seem most like a large pimple that is under the skin.  

Today, 1 day later (September 10th), I noticed that the bumps on my vaginal lips look like they have risen more to the surface, and resemble large pimples.  They are also more sore than they had been, although less itchy.  I also continue to feel a tingling/tickly sensation under the skin on my vaginal lips.  This sensation is different from the itchiness that I was describing, which felt like it was more on the surface and was much more severe of a feeling.  While the itchiness has gotten better, the tingling has not.  

I know that I will probably find out in a couple of days what this is, but I am FREAKING out.  I haven't been able to sleep at all, and I am just so nervous that this is herpes (which I am pretty convinced that it is).  I'm also so upset, because I have never had sex with someone whom I haven't first asked to be tested, and I am generally so careful.  I didn't even have sex this time, we just fooled around.  I mistakenly thought that that was safer than just having sex with a condom.  Now I know that I was wrong.

I really just want a professional medical opinion of what you think this is.  I'm driving myself crazy with constantly Googling pictures of herpes to try to figure out if that is what I have, and I'm getting nowhere (except going nuts).  Thank you very much in advance for your help.
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I have a cut in my vagina and it hurt for 2 days but now it don't and I have I dunno if it's a blister below my vagina and on the inside of my buttcheack could it be herpies
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Grace, I've been reading and I too have bumps similar to that of Amys. I was tested positive for a UTI today.  A few days ago, I felt tenderness on one side with a bump on my labia. Then it started to burn when I urinated and more bumps popped up. The burning and itching was so bad I went to doc and that's when they found bacteria in my urine and said I have a uti. Since then, even more bumps have come up an a couple are on outer part of my vaginal lips. I scraped the top of one by accident and it bled. I had a blood test but am awaiting results. The bumps aren't clustered... more separated but I was wondering if the bacteria from UTI could b causing the spread of these bumps or herpes?
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Grace, I've been reading and I too have bumps similar to that of Amys. I was tested positive for a UTI today.  A few days ago, I felt tenderness on one side with a bump on my labia. Then it started to burn when I urinated and more bumps popped up. The burning and itching was so bad I went to doc and that's when they found bacteria in my urine and said I have a uti. Since then, even more bumps have come up an a couple are on outer part of my vaginal lips. I scraped the top of one by accident and it bled. I had a blood test but am awaiting results. The bumps aren't clustered... more separated but I was wondering if the bacteria from UTI could b causing the spread of these bumps or herpes?
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this is an old post and is read only unless you are the original poster. please start your own post with your questions in.  thanks!
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Hello, I am Clair. I am 16 years of age, and is hoping you can explain to me what this sounds like to you.. - I was rapped a year ago right after thanks given and I did not tell my mom for a week that that had happen, when I told her, she took me to the doctors to get tested. They took blood and I do have discharge, when the guy looked he said it is from my period but I'm really thinking abou that. Some days later I begun to have a only one little bump on the bottom of my butt and it's goes and comes.. my mom told me once befor that I would want to stay clean because I could get little bunps on my butt but then I started thinking about herpes because these little bumps go away but do come back and they were white and the one that comes and goes the most is red and big and is only in one place. Now I thought it would only stay on the one cheek but then later I had another on my other cheek wich went away when I washed but came back later. I don't know what to do or how to feel about this I'm only 16 just turned 16 december 25th and is praying to god I don't have an STD. The time I went to the hospital was a week when I told my mom after then thanks given. I'm sorry this is long but I really hope you understand me because I don't know what it is so not really clear on how to explain it.. (-_-) I asked my mom if I could get tested because I was still kind of concern of the discharge and I wanted to know what it was from I asked her then she said she don't have money to take me to see a doctor but she said it could be from my period I do get itchy in the place below the bult but it's near my pubic hairs and it gets itchy from time to days. Idk but pleas explainwhat it is that you get out of this..
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In order to get the full grasp of the story pplease read the whole thing . Thanks :) I first contactracted this ugly disease when I recenlty found out my dad was sexually abusing me during my sleep. Before i found out he was doing so, i was pretty doped up and under the influence when i awoke and found out what he was doing to me this whole time. he kicked me out on the streets  because i knew the truth and  could not look at him anymore. I was happy that the nightmares and finally stopped, not knowing that another one was on the verge or about to take place. Being as foolish and broken as i was, not having any self-worth what so ever.. i had unprotected sex with the first random person who hit on me and told me i was beautiful... I know my body very well and knew something wasnt right the first cpl days thinking i was sore from the sex because im not that much experienced ( the joys of being a girl) i went to the gyno, and she found a tear ... thinking that was the least of my worries i was waiting for my body to heal but it just kept getting worse.. about a week or so later i took a mirror and noticed these small blister like leisions ( down there ) they were white . plus my mentral time was lasting longer then it ussually does . But man, were they ever excrutiatingly painfull ! I could not walk or sit , go to the bathroom without scream in agony .  to my understanding as a person with this disease the first outbreak is always the worst.   everybody is different and its best to check with your doctor, and dont take no for an answer too! i contacted 3 doctors, and the second one told me it might have been chlamydia ( which the symtoms don't even reflect too what so ever ) but it didnt seem right and i went to a second one and begged theem to test me before they  finally did and confirmed my worst fear. At first when i found out i couldnt breaaaaathh . I started crying and started hyperventillating. Luckily at that moment before i did anything stupid, my grandma and my friend contacted me at that exact moment and calmed me down , " thinking why me ?  "  and she says well what makes you so special ? I'm glad she told me that  because she reasured me that its unfortunatly ,quite common . even her  and a cpl of my family members have it . I started looking online for stories of people in my exact same predicament and their all pretty much simular but different. and their actually quite helpful , because i know from experience its kind of an embarressing burden . I know people on the street or those whom i may know would judge me, i dont feel that so much writing it on a public website because i feel like my story can help someone like others helped me. Im not sure if i may have got it from my dad, because he had a cold sore and i did wake up with my pants unbuttoned the next day  ionly had 6 sexual partners but i'm almost sure it was my last partner because my body flared up right away. not saying its any different from people who have had it for years with no signs or symptoms but i know my body was perfectly healthy till that last encounter. I'm slowley learning to accept it , and the first outbreak is always the worst. I even have it on my thumb which i think is odd, but thats my body. I even heard of a woman who had it on her elbow so thats to be expected i guess. I've been all by myself for a year now with no partner because i honestly dont want one. I find myself being lonely at times but at least being single gives you time to heal and clear your head, i have trust issues and find myself psychologically affected by this disease as well. (thinking im gross or nasty and no one would be with me )  I'm soooooo scared if i tell the guy i like , he'd look at me different, be scaredof me or tell people... but I'll find my prince charming one day ...  Maybe  young nice looking guy since im a young average person myself. Especailly in the same predicament would be easier. I used to be  ignorent in my younger days . movies dont make it any easier, i used to make fun of it and think i couldnt accept anyone in my same shooes today but , i dont know.. it kind of opened my eyes a bit and i realise im just an ordinary person exept with a virus ( like a cold ) except i got it through sex . INever realized how much it hurts when people ridicule  and laugh atpeople who have this disease or any other unless your the one who has it.  I just hope my story helps someone whos going through the same thing i am, cant force somebody to use a condom , but at least  my story will let people know of the consequences and especially to people who went through sexual abuse to tell someoneright away! dont hold it inside to the point where your sick spiritualy, mentally and of coarse physically like me.  P.s sorry if my grammer is poor
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My girl had small bumps in a circle on her vaginal lips with burning while shr urinated it was ther e for a few days them never came back what could that possibly be?
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Hello Grace.  Never thought I'd be asking questions of this nature online.  I have had extreme itching on and off all year, always around the lips and in the pubic area.  I have hard bumps under the skin; this also comes and goes (I don't have blisters).  I have only had one sexual partner for the last 15 years.  I have no other symptoms with the exception of a itchy rash on the back of my neck at the hairline.  I told my Doctor about it early in the year and she thought it was due to stress.  Would you please give me your opinion?  Thank you.
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I have had sex with 3 different partners all close to the same time. The first was with my ex bf who i was with for 3 years, and i never had any problems. we broke up and a month later i had sex with another guy. alittle over 2 weeks i had sex multiple times with what is now the 3rd guy. when i had sex with the 3rd guy, i was bruised and my muscles were soar so i didnt think it was anything. but the next day, we had sex and afterwards i felt as though i had cuts down around the opening of my vagina(on the outside).The next day we have sex for the 3rd time in a row. i get home to check myself and i find little red bumps around on the outside of my vagina and one big red bump on my butt cheek near my anus. Trying to do research and find answers on my own on google has not made anything better. This article is the closes to answers ive found. I set up an appointment to OBGYN for my first time, i am 18 year old and i used a condom every time i had sex. granted, i didnt ask my last 2 partners if they had ever been tested.
my app isnt until aug 6th and things havent necessisarly gotten better but they havent gone away.
Im just praying its not herpes, ive told my mom and shes not sure what it is either, if anyone could help me it would be more than appreciated!
thank you so much.
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MONDAY 7/1/12 I NOTICED CLEAR SINGLE BUMPS ON MY RIGHT VAGINA LIP. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T FEEL ANY ITCHING OR BURNING SENSATIONS, I SHOWED MY STEP MOTHER AND SHE ADVISED ME TO CLEAN THE AREA WITH IODINE(OUT OF ALL THINGS) AND PLACE OINTMENT ON THEM, I DID AS INSTRUCTED AND CONT.ON WITH MY DAY. TUESDAY MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP MY OUTER LIP WAS SWOLLEN, TENDER TO THE TOUCH, AND WITH YELLOW PUS. I THEN WENT TO SOLANTIC AND THE DOC DIAGNOSED (HOPE I SPELLED THAT RIGHT) WITH HSV. PRIOR TO THAT I HAD BEEN SHAVING AND HAD UNPROTECTED SEX WITH MY BF OVER THE WEEKEND I'M PRAYING THAT IT ISN'T HSV BECAUSE NO ONE WILL WANT TO BE WITH AN INFESTED PERSON. BUT MY QUESTION IS COULD IT BE ABRASIONS OR MRSA
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this is an old post. please start your own post and we'll gladly give you a hand with this :)

grace
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Uhh idk if you guys are here anymore, but before I had sex it felt like I had a bruise on my vagijna flap and it just hurt, didn't feel a bump, but then I had sex, first with a condom then we ended up taking it off, I know that he has had sex with over 30 women,one of them who I know who is talked about to have clamedia but she told me she doesn't, and so now I see an actual bump and it itchess and hurts when pressed against, what do you think this could be?? Please help
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I have had several small bumps on my vagina and around anus. this wass before I had sex. after I had sex about 2 months later I got a large blister on my vagina lips. it hurts and bleeds when busted. discharge isnt irregular though. im afraid to tell my mother to take me to the OBGYN. is this BV?
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Ive been to the Er before and found out I'd had gonorrhea. They treated me there. And I assumed I was OK. I went back for having pneumonia and they did a blood test and urine test. Only thing that showed was my pneumonia, bladder infection and UTI. So I assumed my gonorrhea cleared up. The day I left the ER I noticed a burning when I urined. I figured from my UTI AND BLADDER INFECTION. But once I got home I noticed a sore/bump on my outer vagina lip. The right side. It hurt. Then I noticed some burning and itching kinda around my anal area. It felt like bumps. I took PICtires of it with my phone. It looks very nasty. It hurts to walk or sit or move. I been putting some creme on the affected area to relieve but it doesn't last. I would assume if I had anything it would shown up on my blood test. I haven't had sexual activity with no one recently. And when I did I had been to the hospital atleast 4 times since then. But idk what it could be. Its been there since Wednesday. So 5 days so far. And its only hurt more. I'm going back to ER tomorrow. Idk if its an reaction to my antibiotics from my pneumonia and bladder or UTI. But it just showed up out of the blue. Idk what it could be. Any advice
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Hi my name is amber, I have to be honest with the fact that I've had multiple sex partners. But d one of the men I'm a little more serious with told me his penis was very sore after unprotected sex with me. I thought my soreness was from too much sex. But then the next day I realized there was bumps (some looked like bumps, others like pimples) and became sore upon wiping. Then slowly the itchiness followed with slight pain urinating. I'm so scared. I dont know how this happened.

I have an appointment this afternoon. I'm hoping it's something treatable because I can't deal. I'M SO NERVOUS!!! can someone give me some feedback, PLEASE!
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Haha, thanks Grace, I'll keep that in mind ;-).

Thank you so much -- SO AM I!!!

Hope you are well!
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hey when you run out things to clean at your place, feel free to come to my place :)  

glad you are FINALLY feeling better :)    what an ordeal!!!
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Hi Grace,

I just wanted to update you.  I have been MRSA-free for about 3 weeks now!  It feels so good to just feel good and healthy and not constantly nauseous.  And to be off antibiotics and not seeing a doctor every other day!  I've had some recurring yeast infections, which haven't been fun, but thank goodness nothing serious.  I did the bleach baths like you recommended for 2 weeks, and now I'm just using Hibiclens.  I've also been scrubbing the bathtub, toilet, sink, etc with bleach after every use, and I've been using Purell antibacterial gel like it's my job.

Anyway, I just wanted to update you and to thank you again -- so much -- for all of your help and guidance through these past couple of months.  You gave me the support and guidance that I otherwise would not have had, and it really means a lot to me.

Hope this note finds you well and take care,
Amy
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please keep all questions and updates in your own post -thanks!

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I got some of my results back.
I'm negative for gonnorhea, chlamydia and syphilis.
but nothing came back for herpes yet, which scares me.
i tested positive for a urinary tract infection, but i've not read anything about this causing the external syptoms i'm experiencing.
the past day my anus has been very tender and when i wipe, even gently, i have a little blood. i don't know if this is because it's dry?
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Thank you so much. One minute I think I have something curable and the next I think it's herpes and it will never go away.
I talked to the guy, and he said the last time he was tested, he was negative for any std's. On one hand, that makes me feel a lot better, but on the other, how do I know whether or not he is lying?
I'm so paranoid about everything!
Good news is that I went to my mom today. She isn't the smartest person in the world, so she doesn't understand exactly what's going on, but she paid for my dr's appointment and is awaiting the results with me. I couldn't have imagined her being so supportive.
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wow - can I recommend you start paying my son's college tuition too? he he he

I hope you get rid of it soon! I know auntijess from the std forum ( she's a co-CL there but her new job keeps her from stopping in very often there ) had a booger of a time with MRSA but finally got rid of it with long term bactrim and bacitracin nasally but of those options are not viable for you :(   we get patients ( and families ) who have it for months before they finally get rid of it :(  
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Okay, thanks, Grace.  If you recommend it, I'll do it!  
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we recommend them regularly to everyone with mrsa below the waist.
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