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Recently diagnosed w/ HSV-2.. My story + need some advice?
I was recently diagnosed with Herpes (2) about 2 weeks ago. I am only 21 years old.
The symptoms hit me fast and hard. I started out with slight vaginal itching, and a burning feeling while urinating. I was diagnosed with MRSA a week before this and was on antibiotics for it. My doctor thought It was simply just a yeast infection due to the antibiotics and my immune system from being weakened by the MRSA so she prescribed be another antiobiotic to fight off the yeast infection.
A week later I started feeling flu like, with very swollen glands. I felt so run down and tired. A few days after that I had 2 or 3 large, red bumps over the outer parts of my vagina. I immediately freaked out and started researching herpes but felt better when the images of herpes were white bumps in clusters..mine looked nothing like them (more like shaving irritation/normal pimples) But the pain/itching worsened and I decided to go in.
My doctor knew immediately upon seeing me I had a yeast infection from the antibiotic but she didn't think the bumps looked anything like Herpes. She said she would be highly suprised if it was Herpes because she had never seen anybody's herpes outbreak look like what my bumps did..
She also tested me for BV (which came back positive) and Herpes (which came back positive weeks later).
I was SOO devestated to find out I had herpes. I am a virgin and have only let a few boyfriends rub themselves on me down there, but never went in. I didn't think something like this could ever happen to me, I was always the good girl. At first I was scared and so embarassed. I only told my mother and my very supportive boyfriend (who has been wonderful through this whole ordeal). I'm so thankful I have a wonderful boyfriend to lean on. (he has not yet been tested for herpes (will be soon), but we assume he is the carrier since I have only been with him for a while and nobody else) I can't imagine being single and going through the motions of this devastating virus without somebody supporting me. The worst part for me was the back pain and headaches..
Anyways, getting to the point and my questions.. I've had the bumps for about two weeks now. The burning sensation while urinating has subsided but I'm still very, very itchy. The bumps arent really painful, never really were..just annoying and itchy. I've finished the BV antibiotic a week ago, and have been on 5 rounds of diflucan for the yeast infection. I still have discharge and lots of itching/tingly. I'm wondering for those of you who have herpes, when your first outbreak healed over was is itchy/ticklish? Otherwise, i'm concerned the medicines for the yeast infection/BV did not work.. it hasn't been a walk in the park dealing with all 3 at once.. I'm too embarassed and ashamed to go back into the same doctor who diagnosed me as she works with my mom and other people I know in the healthcare field :(
Recently my butt and inner thighs have become pretty itchy too, but there are no bumps anywhere in those areas. Also, i'm having troubles peeing sometimes. I need to spread my legs further open then normal to allow urine to pass. Did anyone else experience this during an outbreak?
Here are some questions I have (please answer only if you have herpes or are a medical expert):
1. What, if anything, helps the itchy-ness/ticklishness? (Vagisil seems to work somewhat, but does anyone know of anything that lasts longer?)
2. Do the suppresent medicines seem to help you?
3. How long did your first outbreak last and how many did you have in the first year?
4. Any tips/tricks/facts/ I should be aware of?
5. What are the first signs/symptoms you get when an outbreak is returning?
6. If you had children, did you have to have a C Section or did they allow you to deliver vaginally (w/o an outbreak)?
7. Is there any legit hope for a cure?
8. When you have an outbreak, what do you do to help the burning with urinating?
9. How far apart have your outbreaks been?
Thanks for any advice/support. I appreciate having someone to talk to about this in private. I have been dealing better with it than I thought, but sometimes I break down and cry and feel really, really bad about myself. I know it's new and I will learn to live with it, but right now I just feel very disgusted with myself and like i'm the plague. If my boyfriend doesn't have it I don't want to ruin his life my giving it to him (but we plan to get married and have kids and he thinks it would be better if we just both have it so we don't have to worry every time we're intimate that he could contract it (if he doesn't have it)..
The symptoms hit me fast and hard. I started out with slight vaginal itching, and a burning feeling while urinating. I was diagnosed with MRSA a week before this and was on antibiotics for it. My doctor thought It was simply just a yeast infection due to the antibiotics and my immune system from being weakened by the MRSA so she prescribed be another antiobiotic to fight off the yeast infection.
A week later I started feeling flu like, with very swollen glands. I felt so run down and tired. A few days after that I had 2 or 3 large, red bumps over the outer parts of my vagina. I immediately freaked out and started researching herpes but felt better when the images of herpes were white bumps in clusters..mine looked nothing like them (more like shaving irritation/normal pimples) But the pain/itching worsened and I decided to go in.
My doctor knew immediately upon seeing me I had a yeast infection from the antibiotic but she didn't think the bumps looked anything like Herpes. She said she would be highly suprised if it was Herpes because she had never seen anybody's herpes outbreak look like what my bumps did..
She also tested me for BV (which came back positive) and Herpes (which came back positive weeks later).
I was SOO devestated to find out I had herpes. I am a virgin and have only let a few boyfriends rub themselves on me down there, but never went in. I didn't think something like this could ever happen to me, I was always the good girl. At first I was scared and so embarassed. I only told my mother and my very supportive boyfriend (who has been wonderful through this whole ordeal). I'm so thankful I have a wonderful boyfriend to lean on. (he has not yet been tested for herpes (will be soon), but we assume he is the carrier since I have only been with him for a while and nobody else) I can't imagine being single and going through the motions of this devastating virus without somebody supporting me. The worst part for me was the back pain and headaches..
Anyways, getting to the point and my questions.. I've had the bumps for about two weeks now. The burning sensation while urinating has subsided but I'm still very, very itchy. The bumps arent really painful, never really were..just annoying and itchy. I've finished the BV antibiotic a week ago, and have been on 5 rounds of diflucan for the yeast infection. I still have discharge and lots of itching/tingly. I'm wondering for those of you who have herpes, when your first outbreak healed over was is itchy/ticklish? Otherwise, i'm concerned the medicines for the yeast infection/BV did not work.. it hasn't been a walk in the park dealing with all 3 at once.. I'm too embarassed and ashamed to go back into the same doctor who diagnosed me as she works with my mom and other people I know in the healthcare field :(
Recently my butt and inner thighs have become pretty itchy too, but there are no bumps anywhere in those areas. Also, i'm having troubles peeing sometimes. I need to spread my legs further open then normal to allow urine to pass. Did anyone else experience this during an outbreak?
Here are some questions I have (please answer only if you have herpes or are a medical expert):
1. What, if anything, helps the itchy-ness/ticklishness? (Vagisil seems to work somewhat, but does anyone know of anything that lasts longer?)
2. Do the suppresent medicines seem to help you?
3. How long did your first outbreak last and how many did you have in the first year?
4. Any tips/tricks/facts/ I should be aware of?
5. What are the first signs/symptoms you get when an outbreak is returning?
6. If you had children, did you have to have a C Section or did they allow you to deliver vaginally (w/o an outbreak)?
7. Is there any legit hope for a cure?
8. When you have an outbreak, what do you do to help the burning with urinating?
9. How far apart have your outbreaks been?
Thanks for any advice/support. I appreciate having someone to talk to about this in private. I have been dealing better with it than I thought, but sometimes I break down and cry and feel really, really bad about myself. I know it's new and I will learn to live with it, but right now I just feel very disgusted with myself and like i'm the plague. If my boyfriend doesn't have it I don't want to ruin his life my giving it to him (but we plan to get married and have kids and he thinks it would be better if we just both have it so we don't have to worry every time we're intimate that he could contract it (if he doesn't have it)..
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if they didn't already give you antivirals, no real benefit to starting them now. the initial infection has almost run its course at this point.
thank you! As for the bumps, they've been around for about 2 weeks..(my first occurence)
I read the first outbreak can be present for quite some time. Are there any meds to help make the outbreak go away faster, or is there only suppressents available to help keep further outbreaks from occuring?
I read the first outbreak can be present for quite some time. Are there any meds to help make the outbreak go away faster, or is there only suppressents available to help keep further outbreaks from occuring?
so you have had oral sex from your partner then? definitely need to find out if it's hsv1 or hsv2 you have genitally. it's far more likely hsv1 than hsv2 but you need the proper testing to find out.
give it a full week after you finished the bv treatment and if you still have discharge, return to be seen for additional testing for yeast and bv again.
you can pick up dermoplast spray at most drug stores ( the blue can for the genital area, not the red area ). you can spray it on periodically during the day for itching relief.
give it a full week after you finished the bv treatment and if you still have discharge, return to be seen for additional testing for yeast and bv again.
you can pick up dermoplast spray at most drug stores ( the blue can for the genital area, not the red area ). you can spray it on periodically during the day for itching relief.
The itchy-ness is the hardest to deal with. I'm in college full time and it's hard to sit through classes with the thick discharge/itching. The bumps don't really hurt or bother me and there are only a few (3 or 4)
I'm also getting itchy around my bum and back, but no bumps..
I'm also getting itchy around my bum and back, but no bumps..
yes i have very thick discharge that almost tickles when it comes out, as weird as that sounds.. i just hope it's getting better and not worse. I took the meds for about a week and half and been of them for about 3 or 4 days now.
No, we rarely ever do oral. He's never had bumps or sores, not even on his mouth.. nor has any of my x boyfriends. That's why im finding it weird I have herpes. I know it can lay dormant thought and some people never show signs. It's still such a shock to me since I've never had intercourse.
No, we rarely ever do oral. He's never had bumps or sores, not even on his mouth.. nor has any of my x boyfriends. That's why im finding it weird I have herpes. I know it can lay dormant thought and some people never show signs. It's still such a shock to me since I've never had intercourse.
you can't assume that it's hsv2 just because it's genital. call and ask if the culture was typed. it if itwasn't, ask them to please follow CDC guidelines and call the lab to see if they still have the specimen to type it.
has your partner performed oral sex on you at all?
has your partner performed oral sex on you at all?
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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.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
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.
have you received oral sex from your partner?
treating bv causes thick, chunky discharge. give it a week to clear. it's dead bacteria working its way out of the body.
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