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STD, Bacteria??? I cant get a successful diagnosis

Ive had blister like breakouts on my buttcheeks for about two years. It usually is in the same area. First its just a pink, swollen, ichty area, then it turns to blisters and eventually scabs and subsides. Ive had  2 different doctors tell me it was a bacteria and prescribed me an ointment. However, the outbreaks are still coming. Ive come to realize and worry that i have the same type of breakout on the outer vaginal lips, (the vulva i think??) My family doctor told me it was from shaving. Ive been tested for STDs several times. I am HPV positive, however its the strand that causes cervical cancer. Ive looked at pictures to try to figure it out and the only thing I can seem to get is herpes!!?? There are small differences in what my outbreaks look like and the pictures, but there are good similarities too, my outbreaks look like a poison almost. I have only been with one man (who has been tested) and my current boyfriend since the outbreaks began. Does it sound like I should be tested once again or is it truly just a bacteria?
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Yes... It is what is used to determine the diagnosis.
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you mean the fluid from the blisters is important for the testing??
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I would get tested specifically for herpes, they ca do a test (swab) of the area and it will tell you the answer, although you would need to be tested when the outbreak is there, if it is blisters..(the fluid from the area is extremly important
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