Concerned Bump is Herpes :(

[Worried99999]

Hello! Thanks in advance for your help! I posted this originally in the STD forum, but someone (a moderator?) said I should post it here instead.

Two days ago I noticed a small blister-like bump in the upper-right portion of my pubic hair area. I shave and get ingrown hairs occasionally, but they normally look like pimples and never blisters. (I haven’t shaved in the few days before the bump.) The bump was slightly red and did not itch or hurt, and there were no other bumps besides this one. Thinking it was just some weird ingrown hair, I popped it and some (not a lot) clear fluid came out. Sorry if this is TMI! I did not see a hair and grew concerned. There was a rougher patch of skin behind the blister. I poked at it and there was a hair under this rough patch of skin.

Since then I've been cleaning it periodically with hydrogen peroxide and have kept it covered with a Band-Aid. Yesterday and today it is more of a sore. I don't know if it is an open sore from Herpes descriptions I've read. Sometimes when I change band-aids, I notice the sore/whatever it is left a very small amount of light reddish-yellow fluid on the band-air. It don't know this is an open sore. It still doesn't itch or hurt. I have no other symptoms other than this.

I've had several partners this past year. I hadn't noticed any sores on them, and they said they were clean, but I have no definitive proof they didn’t have STIs. I always insisted on using condoms, but not until we actually have sex. If a guy was infected with something, it might have rubbed against me before we have sex. Timing wise, this seems to be inline with the traditional first outbreak of Herpes since the last time I had sex was four days before the bump appeared. This would also mean I got Herpes on my birthday. Worst birthday present ever.

I’m freaking out and truly think this is Herpes. I know it's impossible truly diagnose without a proper examination, but does this sound like Herpes or some other STI? I have a doctor’s appointment early next week, but I cannot stop worrying about this and just want to know what others think.

Thanks for reading!

[gracefromHHP]

you n eed to go and be seen and get a proper work up done. get tested for yeast and bacterial infections vaginally for starters and discuss with your provider what other std testing needs done.  They can also culture any lesions you have but you need to get there today or tomorrow. the longer you wait, the less likely you'll get an accurate lesion culture.

grace

[Worried99999]

Last "edit," I promise! I've noticed I have been unusually itchy the last few day. Not in the area that the possible Herpes is but mostly on my legs and arms and sometimes the rest of my body.

[Worried99999]

Sorry! I don't know how to edit my post. I wanted to add that on my last sexual encounter, I gave and received oral sex. I don't know if this matters.