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I\'m a 25 year old male on Monday Apr 29 i received oral for like 30 seconds. Then we kissed and noticed they had a blister I had not notice that they had a blister on there lower lip before the person gave me oral. i confronted the person and said that it was not contagious i was so depressed how could i have missed that. Fast foward a day after i started feeling sick and having skin sensitivity around my body mostly around my thighs. No sore throat or inflamed lymph nodes. I also noticed that i had developed paper cut like opening in between my thigh and my scrotum on the right side, they are not itchy just a bit painful, and were bleeding a little look like small slit openings from top to the bottom. This is the second day and my skin sensitivity decreased but the paper cut opening are still there. My question is could those be symptoms of herpes in my groin area? would that be considered HPV 1? I also havent had any symtoms in my oral area. Does this mean it could be herpes 2? Please help even an opinion would suffice.
First of all, you may already be infected with hsv1, the most common cause of oral herpes. At least 50% of people in your age group are and most do NOT know it because they never get recurrent outbreaks or their outbreaks are very infrequent.
Second, the cuts between your scrotum and thigh are not herpes. Initial herpes symptoms will appear at the site of maximum friction from the encounter that led to transmission. In your case, this would be the head and shaft of your penis.
The virus needs to be vigorously massaged into the skin for transmission to occur. It can not be just laid on the skin. The reason is that most skin, including on the penis, is highly keratinized. Keratin is a strong, fibrous protein that coats the skin and provides a very effective barrier against a primary hsv infection.
Let's assume you are not infected, i.e. you have no preexisting antibodies to HSV1. The odds that you were infected, even from someone with a blister, are low for such a short duration of exposure like you describe. Also, most people with no antibodies to either hsv1 or hsv2 will show obvious symptoms, i.e. blister, lesions and sores within 3-6 days. If you have not experienced any obvious symptoms by now, it is quite unlikely you were infected.
Second, the cuts between your scrotum and thigh are not herpes. Initial herpes symptoms will appear at the site of maximum friction from the encounter that led to transmission. In your case, this would be the head and shaft of your penis.
The virus needs to be vigorously massaged into the skin for transmission to occur. It can not be just laid on the skin. The reason is that most skin, including on the penis, is highly keratinized. Keratin is a strong, fibrous protein that coats the skin and provides a very effective barrier against a primary hsv infection.
Let's assume you are not infected, i.e. you have no preexisting antibodies to HSV1. The odds that you were infected, even from someone with a blister, are low for such a short duration of exposure like you describe. Also, most people with no antibodies to either hsv1 or hsv2 will show obvious symptoms, i.e. blister, lesions and sores within 3-6 days. If you have not experienced any obvious symptoms by now, it is quite unlikely you were infected.
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