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Herpes, Anxiety or Something Else?
I had protected sex with a girl almost two weeks ago. I wore a condom the entire time and she even encouraged me to wear one in advance. She was a random bar one night stand. I asked her a few days later if she had been tested and she said yes but obviously had been with guys since then and seemed to be nonchalant about it since I wore a condom properly.
A few days after we hooked up, I started experiencing tingling down there. Not really itching just tingling. It seemed to jump around my pubic hair. Eventually the tingling became an annoyance so I started using Gold Bond powder. That helped but still some of the tingling remained. Sometimes it was itching but it was minor.
I went to an urgent care facility and asked a doctor to examine me for Herpes and Crabs. He searched my entire pubic area and said he saw nothing - no rashes, no red spots, no sores, no blisters, no crabs. I described my tingling and occasional itching and he didn't seem too concerned.
It's now been 13 days since I hooked up with this chick. I trimmed my pubic hair to calm the tingling/itching which is now on and off. Two days ago I had almost no itching the entire day...just some light tingling and for some hours of the day I felt completely normal. Now I have some severe itching after cutting my pubic hair.
Still no rash, cold sores or spots anywhere. For now. I know it takes 20 days for one's first outbreak if it's Herpes.
Based on this description so far, what do you think? Is this just me overthinking the effects of my first one-night stand in six years? Could I be one of those people with Herpes and no radical symptoms? Any community advice or anyone experiencing similar symptoms would be helpful.
A few days after we hooked up, I started experiencing tingling down there. Not really itching just tingling. It seemed to jump around my pubic hair. Eventually the tingling became an annoyance so I started using Gold Bond powder. That helped but still some of the tingling remained. Sometimes it was itching but it was minor.
I went to an urgent care facility and asked a doctor to examine me for Herpes and Crabs. He searched my entire pubic area and said he saw nothing - no rashes, no red spots, no sores, no blisters, no crabs. I described my tingling and occasional itching and he didn't seem too concerned.
It's now been 13 days since I hooked up with this chick. I trimmed my pubic hair to calm the tingling/itching which is now on and off. Two days ago I had almost no itching the entire day...just some light tingling and for some hours of the day I felt completely normal. Now I have some severe itching after cutting my pubic hair.
Still no rash, cold sores or spots anywhere. For now. I know it takes 20 days for one's first outbreak if it's Herpes.
Based on this description so far, what do you think? Is this just me overthinking the effects of my first one-night stand in six years? Could I be one of those people with Herpes and no radical symptoms? Any community advice or anyone experiencing similar symptoms would be helpful.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
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STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
