Ance or Herpes?

[smalltown225]

First of all I know your time is very important so I want to say thanks ahead of time for taking a second to answer a question for me.

I am a 25 year old male with a very short sexual history, 5 partners total, only 1 multiple times and only one unprotected.  It's been at least 4 months from my last sexual encounter.  For close to a month now I have been getting what looks like pimples on my butt cheeks.  They appear on both cheeks at the same time.  Some come and go within 3-4 days but the longer last one's lasted for 6-8 days.  Never any real pain with them, just a little irritation, almost what you would expect from a pimple if you sat on it all day.  About 2 weeks after they started appearing i did come down with a cold but i was exposed to a baby who was sick and the weather just started changing and i normally get a little something around weather changes.  If these pimples appeared anywhere else I wouldn't think anything of them but since they are on my butt i'm a little worried.  I have 3 real questions.  1.  Does this sound like a possible herpes virus?  2.  With me being a heterosexual male what are the chances of herpes being on the butt with no sexual contact there?  3.  I heard that a recurring outbreak would never appear on both butt checks at the same time.  Is there any truth to this?

Again thanks for a moment of your time and sorry to bother you with something that probably is just over active immagination.

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

I think that is very unlikely for herpes to behave in that way.

Terri

[smalltown225]

I did have one last question that i forgot to ask my local doctor and was hoping to get a quick answer from you. Can herpes jump around like that in one outbreak.  Where patches will come in go in different areas like that?  Like is said here for 4-6 days and then gone and back in another spot all within a day of the other spot dissappearing.

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

You are most welcome, anytime.  And I think its fine to check with a local provider as well, someone in person who can actually look at something and take a swab if necessary is always good.

You take care now.

Terri

[smalltown225]

Thank you for the quick responce.  I appreciate your response.  It matches what I had already concluded myself but when dealing with something like this I just wanted an experts opinion.  Again I would just like to say thank you for taking time to dedicate to a site like this.  In world of uncertainties people like yourself are heroes because you care and take time to show it.  I would just like to say that I am also seeing a local doctor for this just to be safe but now i'm going in with a complete different mind set on what to expect him to say.  Thanks again and I hope you the best in everything you do.

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

I think the risk of this being herpes is really low.  First, your sexual history doesn't suggest a high risk for genital herpes.  Second, it would be unlikely to get recurrent herpes on both butt cheeks at the same time.  Almost everyone that I know gets pimples of some kind on their bottom, from time to time.  Certainly, people with genital herpes can get outbreaks on the buttocks, that's true, but this sounds atypical if it is herpes.  However, the place of sexual contact is not the place where recurrences may show up.  If you are concerned about this, you could order yourself an IgG antibody test online, at someplace like healthcheckusa.com.  NEVER do IgM and shame on them for offering it, only use IgG.  

Your not bothering me at all, that's what I'm doing here, answering questions, never feel awkward about asking me anything at all, OK?

Terri