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friction burn or herpes

I am a 30 yr old male. After masturbation I noticed I had really dry skin on my penis and that I had rubbed two small, I call them friction sores onto my penis. I have experienced similar "friction sores" before so I didn't pay them much attention. The next day or maybe 2 days later I again masterbated and irritated the small sores. They began to get bigger and itch like any little sore would do, but as I itched... it got worse and they got bigger and almost looked infected. I have noticed that around the biggest one has gotten inflamed and sticks up like a small cluster of bumps. its not really painful at all, its more of a tingly feeling or numb feeling. It doesn't hurt to touch the cluster and I don't have any other sores on or around my groin area. Also when I urinate, it kind of has a tingly feeling at first, no discharge or anything like that. I jus last night applied calamine lotion to the area and it is heeling great. The sores are heeling and the inflamation is going down but is still there. I'm wondering if I contracted herpes, I did have unprotected sex with a girl 2 weeks ago or do I jus have an infected sore. I didn't really treat the small sores til the calamine lotion. Please help
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I do like his questions tho... so basically jus because I sleep with someone or receive oral, it doesn't mean they will automatically get infected?
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897535 tn?1295206435
Please start your own post instead of hopping into someone else's post.
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I have a question for you. It is difficult for me to shower because everytime I dry off with a towel, I find later on that day that single little red bumps will have risen on my skin in places like my forearm, my shoulder...areas that I know were not infected at the time of my initial contact with the person who infected me. How can I avoid this, because I thought that in between outbreaks this should be safe..."(like avoiding sex during an outbreak)". But the phrase "dduring an outbreak" has come to be irrelevant as the infection seems to spread from where ever I touch and even transmitted by a towel. Reading information online, I thought this would not beable to happen. Also, what is the point of taking valacyclovir if the drug information clearly states that is does NOT preven the spread of herpes. I could order some, but I wonder why I should pay for an expensive med that still wont allow me to have skin contact let alone sex. I cant even keep from spreading it on my own body. Please try to understand my concern and take into considerato everything I have mention if you indeed choose to reply.
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101028 tn?1419603004
yes you will be able to receive unprotected oral sex. it'll be totally up to you and your partner what precautions to take.

your on and off partner will also need tested to know what her status is too. assume nothing!

did you read the handbook link we gave you?
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will i ever be able to receive oral sex unprotected again? what do you recommend i do now that i know im positive. i do not want to transfer this to anyone else. i have an on again off again love interest and she is going to be devistated to hear this, i really wanna have my facts straight and know what im talking about before i break the news to her. what the best preventative medicine i can take? im jus so confused and feel so disgusting jus lookin for some answers.

thanks
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101028 tn?1419603004
I wouldn't have known I had genital herpes for quite sometime if I hadn't have had a partner come to me to tell me that they had been diagnosed with genital herpes and they were pretty sure it came from me. I had no idea. at this point since you've had no blood testing to try to tell if it's a new infection or not, why not give your last partner a heads up so that they too can pursue testing for themselves?  Don't be accusatory, just state the facts as you know them - you never noticed symptoms before, you just found out you have herpes, you don't know the type yet but it's probably not a bad idea for her to test to see what her own status is.  since you've had similar symptoms before, no easy way to know if this is new infection for you or not unless you also get a type specific herpes igg blood test done.

encourage your clinic to read the 2010 cdc herpes guidelines. they desperately need to update their herpes testing knowledge it sounds like. CDC recommends typing of all herpes infections and them not following those standards of care is not in their best interest as well as not in the best interest of their patients.

grace
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