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Molluscum Contagiosum or herpes?
Hi,
Last Friday I had unprotected sex with a girl I've known for a while. Before we did anything, I asked her about STDs and she said she was clean. Still dumb, I know, but it happened.
On Monday, I noticed two small red bumps that looked like really, really tiny pimples on the head of my penis. No burning or anything else, just the bumps.
The next day, Tuesday, I went down to a local Planned Parenthood and got checked out by a nurse there and told her about my situation. She examined me and noticed some other bumps around my pubic area that I've had for a while and just assumed they were pimples/in-grown hairs. She told me this was molluscum contagiosum and the bumps on the head of my penis were also that. She got some solution and put it on the bumps and told me I may need to come back for a couple of more applications if I wanted them to clear up, or, I could just leave them and they'd go away eventually.
So, I can live with that. The person I saw said she was very confident what I had wasn't herpes, but, I'm still scared. What I've been reading online that describes what herpes initially looks like is what I have and yesterday I started to feel like I'm coming down with a cold. This may all be coincidence or in my head, but I'm still kind of worried and not knowing for SURE is kind of killing me. Since this just happened, I'll have to wait at least 3 months before I can get a definitive test, correct?
Last Friday I had unprotected sex with a girl I've known for a while. Before we did anything, I asked her about STDs and she said she was clean. Still dumb, I know, but it happened.
On Monday, I noticed two small red bumps that looked like really, really tiny pimples on the head of my penis. No burning or anything else, just the bumps.
The next day, Tuesday, I went down to a local Planned Parenthood and got checked out by a nurse there and told her about my situation. She examined me and noticed some other bumps around my pubic area that I've had for a while and just assumed they were pimples/in-grown hairs. She told me this was molluscum contagiosum and the bumps on the head of my penis were also that. She got some solution and put it on the bumps and told me I may need to come back for a couple of more applications if I wanted them to clear up, or, I could just leave them and they'd go away eventually.
So, I can live with that. The person I saw said she was very confident what I had wasn't herpes, but, I'm still scared. What I've been reading online that describes what herpes initially looks like is what I have and yesterday I started to feel like I'm coming down with a cold. This may all be coincidence or in my head, but I'm still kind of worried and not knowing for SURE is kind of killing me. Since this just happened, I'll have to wait at least 3 months before I can get a definitive test, correct?
Hi, first time outbreaks really dont appear on the penis head but more the shaft as this would be most often the point of contact. Herpes sores are soft and i believe MC are hard with a dent in the middle. Timing is a bit close to have an outbreak also and the nurse is most likely correct in diagnosing MC.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
