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Herpes Symptoms?

I had unprotected oral sex with a girl last week. Two days later I had throat inflammation. We went to the clinic together and discovered that she has genital herpes. Does that mean that I have automatically contracted the virus? A fever accompanies the inflamed throat and anal irritation. She was given prescribed medication while I just got sent home with 4 pills and shot for treatment of gonorrhea or chlamydia (just in case). There are no sores on my face yet and no burning urination, but there's no way I could have escaped that right?
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The doctor said that it could be a yeast infection from the antibiotics given for treatment of the possible chlamydia or gonorrhea (which happened weeks ago). However my results came in today.

Negative: 1.0

Result: <0.9
NEGATIVE

How is that negative? If something is detected at all, then shouldn't it be positive? I'll admit i'm not understanding this.
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101028 tn?1419603004
it's doubtful this is a wart on your tongue. see your provider today or tomorrow for further work up.   stop back and let us know how things went.
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I feel like everyone has an answer for my oral issue but why is this affecting my genitalia? My clothes were not removed and there was no hand to genitalia contact. I discovered this wart on my tongue this morning. Right now I'm thinking that she hit me with a double whammy of HSV and HPV. Genital warts wouldn't cause the fever symptoms and the only contact was oral.  HSV, depending on which kind, can still affect the genital region even without contact and my symptoms read true.  I'm finally getting the official HSV tests tomorrow so we'll know then. But now I have to go and the get this wart checked out today.
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101028 tn?1419603004
no reason to think oral hpv.

acyclovir "working" really doesn't mean anything anyways, anything viral was going to run its course in 1-3 weeks on its own even without treatment.

it's the sore throat time of the year.  really no reason to think a std. cover your bases for peace of mind and go from there so you can move on :)

encourage your former partner to seek out a full work up on her own too - sounds like she's a little "messed up" at the moment.
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We are not in a relationship but we communicate daily.  She called me the other day to say that it was a misdiagnosis and that she was diagnosed with genital warts and that she had a pregnancy scare due to the fact that she read the home test wrong. There is too much going on that I just need confirmation. So I'm still getting the herpes test and if that is negative or inconclusive I will be checked for anything and everything else. She keeps telling me "You probably don't have anything." But I have gone through so much this past week and a half  that I know it's not just nothing. I definitely know it's viral that's for sure because this ancyclovir has definitely helped. I just need to put this to rest so I can know how to treat this and prevent spreading whatever this may be. So I'm trying to put the pieces together. Oral hpv? But then again it affected my genitals as well. I'm not even freaked out about this anymore. I'm more like fascinated by it. It's just unbelievable...I was fully clothed and licking her genitals made my body go into shock. And so fast. I wish I had stayed pre-med...
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101028 tn?1419603004
your partner needs to pursue proper type specific herpes igg testing. the herpes testing with the pap test isn't always accurate and being pregnant she needs to confirm her status properly.

are you still with this partner?  
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