31 days ago I had protected and unprotected sex with a new partner who assured me he was clean. For the first half a condom was in place but later it came off (I know, I know...). 3 days post encounter I felt tired and feverish and slept most of my off day. Then began sneezing like crazy with runny nose and sore throat which turned into a sinus infection that eventually went away. I passed this off as nothing. Then last week I decided to shave my genital area. I do not use a straight razor, I trim with beard trimmers with no guard. I showered first and dried off then trimmed my pubic area. After trimming, I used a razor with shaving cream to shave my thighs. I know shaving cream was all over my vagina, because i just lathered and trimmed the areas I needed. Then I rinsed well with warm water and dried off. Maybe 5 minutes later I noted painless, non-itchy reddened areas, slightly raised bumps on my labia majora (ONLY IN THE HAIR AREA) where I'd just trimmed with the trimmers, nothing on the mucous membranes anywhere. I freaked out and took 1.2grams of acyclovir immediately (prescribed for oral hsv 1). I went to my GYN the following afternoon, reddened areas still there, and he inspected and said I was fine. He even did a pelvic exam and saw nothing inside, just the spots on the hairy area. I even tried squeezing and popping one of them and nothing happened. Just red. The next day the areas were gone. A few days after that, maybe 3, I started getting lower abdominal pains and lower back pains and pretty tough flank pains. I passed it off as a UTI. Started bactrim and got a shot of rocephin, but nothing has happened. The spots are still gone, but my lower abdomen and lower back still ache really bad. It seems that when I urinate, the abdominal and back pain ease up. Also, for the past 3 weeks Ive been having right side sciatic feelings in my leg, but I've felt that before now, so again, I passed that off as well, until the red spots showed up. Here are my concerns:
1. I am hsv1 positive, have been since I was young. Could this be hsv2 with mild symptoms?
2. Is it possible to have herpes and only experience lower abdominal pain/ pressure with no sores anywhere?(which is happening now)
3. How likely is a one time half way protected encounter? I know "halfway" isn't half the risk, but We did use a condom for 70% of it.
4. Would acyclovir work in 36 hours and make the red spots totally disappear? Does it work that fast with new or first time hsv2 outbreaks? It never does with my cold sores.
FYI- GC and HIV negative (i demanded swabs that day but he wouldn't Sean for herpes bc he said it wasn't anything to swab I guess due to lack of actual blistering or fluid filled lesions) and I've been negative for hsv2 igg previously, only positive for hsv1 with a high positive score.
Thanks!