Aldara cream and genital lesions

[katmap]

I was concerned I contracted genital herpes about a year ago. I developed one pimple like sore that I picked at until it became an open ulcer, but it went away.  I also had red itchy swollen labia, an initial vaginal discharge, anal itching, occaisonal stabbing pain in the back of my legs.  My Gyno first said I had dermatitis.  However, I had been using DMSO cream which significantly reduced the symptoms by the time I saw her.
I was able to keep the itching and redness somewhat under control with the DMSO and other natural products I purchased. But it kept coming back.  I fully expected to break out with herpes, but I never did.
My blood tests for herpes, HIV, syphillis all came back negative, as did swabs for chylamidia and gonnnerea.
Then I developed a couple of small bumps around the labial area.  I went back to my gyno.
She then told me it looked like Molluscsum Contagiosum and gave me Aldara cream to use.
Well, I used it all over my genital area for 3 days.  On the 3rd day - I developed 5 small ulcers.  They didn't hurt.
I went back to my gyno.  This time (after the negative herpes test and no new partners) she told me it looked like herpes.  She did a swab of an ulcer and it came back negative for herpes.  4 weeks later I took another blood test and it also came back negative for herpes.  The ulcers I had I suspected might have been from the Aldara cream - some sort of immune reaction.  They cleared up in 2 days (I did use Chorophor on them).
Since then I had another round of bloodwork for all of the above mentioned stds and all came back negative.  
I saw a dermatologist who did a biopsy and confirmed the molluscum.  She froze them off.
My question is - do you think the ulcers were from the Aldara cream?
Also - I am still suffering from mild itchy red labia and  anus.  I still sometimes get the shooting pains in the back of my legs and headaches - plus I have swollen glands in my neck.  Is there some other std that my doctors are missing?  Does molloscum cause all of the above mentioned symptoms?


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[auntiejessi]

Molluscum probably didn't cause all of the symptoms, and its quite probable that the aldara or coraphor (please don't waste your money on this anymore - the company is being warned by the FDA about false claims), or a combination of both.

Your swollen glands, headache, etc., could just be in response to a virus in your body.  If you aren't better in a few days, follow up with your doc.

Aj