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Outbreak on clit, please help
I had protected sex. That person has hsv2. The next morning I feel strange, which I'm now thinking it was a tingling sensation on my clit. As the week goes by my clit goes from irritated to like raw and inflamed. I get checked and tested a week after exposure. Dr. Says it looks red inflamed with cuts on the side but that it doesn't look like anything. Results come back negative. So as a month goes by my clit goes to being okay to being inflamed throughout this month. Which also included the symptoms of having bladder pressure pain and not feeling the regular sensation to pee. My clit would get more aggitated when I need to pee. I get random itches/sensations in my butt and thighs. Back hurts. I haven't seen any sores. But my clit looks like it gets cuts or is missing skin. I feel like I see really small white bumps when I look close and stretch my skin on and around my clit. I think I also see white patches around anus/ white bumps. I know herpes has different affects on people, so can you guys share if you'd had a outbreak on clit, or if your symptoms are different then the norm. And when you got tested, to see when I should get retested, to get an accurate answer as soon as possible.
I've read your other posts. First, congratulations on using condoms. Although condoms do not provide 100% protection, they still offer very significant protection and provide a very significant reduction in risk of transmitting the herpes virus.
Also, a negative IgG hsv2 result at 8 weeks is very very reassuring. Additionally, your symptoms are not consistent with a typical initial herpes infection. One, the timeline is not right. No one feels symptoms of herpes with in 24 hours; normally first symptoms of herpes is 3-7 days, sometimes up to 10-14 days, and very rarely up to 3 weeks. The symptoms you describe would make me be more concerned it's a UTI or other infection. Did you get a full STD panel test performed? If not, that is something you should probably do.
While herpes is not impossible in your case, it would seem unlikely just based on:
1. the nature of encounter, i.e. condom protected;
2. your partner was asymptomatic, which probably means he doesn't shed much virus;
3. your symptoms came on too early and are not consistent with an initial herpes outbreak; and
4. you have a negative blood test at 8 weeks.
All that said, I'm skeptical that you are infected from your recent encounter. I think your symptoms are due to something else and you should have full STD panel of tests performed.
I think some of the other posts may have confused matters for you. Just to clarify a few things:
1. There's in no test that can test for exposure to herpes. You either get infected and show positive for a lifelong infection or you test negative. You're either infected or you're not.
2. Also, a negative swab is never ever conclusive. A negative swab just means there is no evidence for the existence of the actual herpes virus on the skin. The lack of evidence could just mean that there wasn't sufficient virus present for the swab to detect. In contrast, the IgG test detects antibodies in the blood that the body normally produces in response to the infection. In most cases, these antibodies will be present by about 6 weeks and be detectable for life.
Stay calm but please get a full STD Panel Test performed.
Good luck.
Also, a negative IgG hsv2 result at 8 weeks is very very reassuring. Additionally, your symptoms are not consistent with a typical initial herpes infection. One, the timeline is not right. No one feels symptoms of herpes with in 24 hours; normally first symptoms of herpes is 3-7 days, sometimes up to 10-14 days, and very rarely up to 3 weeks. The symptoms you describe would make me be more concerned it's a UTI or other infection. Did you get a full STD panel test performed? If not, that is something you should probably do.
While herpes is not impossible in your case, it would seem unlikely just based on:
1. the nature of encounter, i.e. condom protected;
2. your partner was asymptomatic, which probably means he doesn't shed much virus;
3. your symptoms came on too early and are not consistent with an initial herpes outbreak; and
4. you have a negative blood test at 8 weeks.
All that said, I'm skeptical that you are infected from your recent encounter. I think your symptoms are due to something else and you should have full STD panel of tests performed.
I think some of the other posts may have confused matters for you. Just to clarify a few things:
1. There's in no test that can test for exposure to herpes. You either get infected and show positive for a lifelong infection or you test negative. You're either infected or you're not.
2. Also, a negative swab is never ever conclusive. A negative swab just means there is no evidence for the existence of the actual herpes virus on the skin. The lack of evidence could just mean that there wasn't sufficient virus present for the swab to detect. In contrast, the IgG test detects antibodies in the blood that the body normally produces in response to the infection. In most cases, these antibodies will be present by about 6 weeks and be detectable for life.
Stay calm but please get a full STD Panel Test performed.
Good luck.
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I really appreciate that you have taken the time to reply to my post.
I have gotten a full panel of STDs done. I just want to make sure that I don't have this or that if I do I don't pass it on. I have read that 6 and 8 weeks is only around 60 to 70% accurate. I have also read that some people don't have typical outbreaks, like clit outbreaks take longer, or you usually breakout in the same spot, sometimes it's only one bump or pimple. So with there being so much different information out there. I just want to be sure that if I do have this I don't pass it on. So that's why i want to make sure I know my status. Your information has really helped tho and has put me more at ease. Hoping I can find an answer to what's wrong with me soon. Since my symptoms have varied since then.
I have gotten a full panel of STDs done. I just want to make sure that I don't have this or that if I do I don't pass it on. I have read that 6 and 8 weeks is only around 60 to 70% accurate. I have also read that some people don't have typical outbreaks, like clit outbreaks take longer, or you usually breakout in the same spot, sometimes it's only one bump or pimple. So with there being so much different information out there. I just want to be sure that if I do have this I don't pass it on. So that's why i want to make sure I know my status. Your information has really helped tho and has put me more at ease. Hoping I can find an answer to what's wrong with me soon. Since my symptoms have varied since then.
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