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peroxide diagnosis
Hi,
I think I'm done for. The woman I'm having a relationship with admitted that she caught genital herpes from a man who had a cold sore, who engaged in oral sex with her. She had a minor breakout right after that episode, then nothing for 12 years. Her previous husband had been with her 12 years and they did not use a condom, and he never caught it.
A week ago we had sex, I was foolish, it was unprotected. Today there is a small red spot on my penis which reacted to hydrogen peroxide, right after my shower. I seem to remember reading somewhere that doctors sometimes use this method to diagnose an HSV infection (the peroxide reacts with the blister liquid)... I have HSV don't I?
Wow.
I think I'm done for. The woman I'm having a relationship with admitted that she caught genital herpes from a man who had a cold sore, who engaged in oral sex with her. She had a minor breakout right after that episode, then nothing for 12 years. Her previous husband had been with her 12 years and they did not use a condom, and he never caught it.
A week ago we had sex, I was foolish, it was unprotected. Today there is a small red spot on my penis which reacted to hydrogen peroxide, right after my shower. I seem to remember reading somewhere that doctors sometimes use this method to diagnose an HSV infection (the peroxide reacts with the blister liquid)... I have HSV don't I?
Wow.
Thank you Grace. This somewhat reassures me, though at the same time as the small lesion on my penis I developed a tender red spot near my tailbone that burns a bit, and doesn't feel like a pimple. :( There was hope that the first lesion was just a friction burn from overenthusiastic activities (lol), but now things are stacking up against me. Clinic today.
Thanks again for your time, much appreciated.
Thanks again for your time, much appreciated.
yes, after a shower you've used soap to kill more of the bacteria on your skin so there's not much left for the peroxide to react to.
if you already have hsv1 orally, you are incredibly unlikely to contract it genitally.
follow up on this to get peace of mind from better answers than your current self diagnosis :)
grace
if you already have hsv1 orally, you are incredibly unlikely to contract it genitally.
follow up on this to get peace of mind from better answers than your current self diagnosis :)
grace
Grace, if I already have HSV 1 (I get cold sores once in a while), would that make it even less likely that I'd get it genitally, due to having some antibodies or some such thing?
Thanks Grace, but on cuts and scrapes, etc, after a shower they are clean, and do not react with peroxide. And I did read on some medical site about peroxide reacting with HSV fluid... though I can't for the life of me find it again.
I'm still scared. Looks like a trip to the clinic tomorrow. Amazing how fast one's life can turn...
I'm still scared. Looks like a trip to the clinic tomorrow. Amazing how fast one's life can turn...
almost everything you pour peroxide over will react dear. it means nothing. no doctors do not use peroxide to diagnose herpes.
if you have active symptoms you need to be seen and have it looked at.
hsv1 genitally doesn't shed very often and isn't easily transmitted to partners. odds are you didn't contract it.
grace
if you have active symptoms you need to be seen and have it looked at.
hsv1 genitally doesn't shed very often and isn't easily transmitted to partners. odds are you didn't contract it.
grace
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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.
