Dr. Handsfield,
For the past months I've been having rough sex with a new partner. 3 weeks ago, I came down with dry mouth and thick white saliva for two days. A couple days later, I woke up scratching the area between my right labia majora/minora. It has been 13 days, and my right labia majora has been fluctuating between swollen/itchy/red to somewhat normal. There actually seems to be a LACK of discharge, which is abnormal for me.
Now onto the worst symptom. 7 days after the initial swelling of the right labia, when the swelling went down, I decided to wax and have intercourse. The next evening, 8 hard bumps appeared in my pubic hair area, 3 on the left side and 5 on the right side. The right labia majora was irritated and itchy again. I saw a NP the next day, who said she was very experienced with HSV and that this looked like molluscum. She did do a herpes culture to be sure, but I have to wait 10 days to get results. It has been 5 days, and I am unconvinced they are molluscum b/c they have all popped. Some are irritated. Yellow pus and blood came out of each, they all have a hair in the center, and look like tiny circular red/pink lesions encircled by a ring of white skin. Also, yesterday, I notice my right groin node was swollen, and that I had stringy thick white saliva again. Today it is gone.
1) Is this HSV? I'm praying that it is just a freak coincidence of folliculitis/irritation but symptoms and timeline seem to indicate otherwise
2) Can anything else cause one labia to swell and itch for a duration of more than a week? I did not have sex during this time but am guilty of trying multiple at home-remedies (hydrocortizone-which has never irritated me before, diluted tea tree oil, ACV/salt baths, AZO yeast, A&D, vaseline)
3) Is the dry mouth is related?
The waiting for results and paranoia are killing me.. Thank you for all your help Dr. I've read other posts and was very impressed by the levels of clarity and expertise in all your answers.