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worried about getting herpes

I had sex four days ago with a woman i have been friends with for a long time.  She has hsv2 and has had it for 3 years.  she is on Acyclovir and had no symptoms or pondrome and i used a condum.  I have been having a mild burning sensation on my scrotum since the day after and have a small rash on it.  I have had a mild buning on my inner thighs also but im pretty sure its from chafing. I have been constantly checking myself also for blisters.  I have been panicking since the next day of this encounter. I am a complete nervous wreck and have been breaking down.  She told me that the suppresant does a lot in preventing the transmission.  I need to know if these are herpe symptoms or is it my nerves going out of control?  When is the soonest i can get tested?
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I still am burning down there so im going to get it checked out again tomorrow.  At this point, adter being stressed so much and having a nervous breakdown over this, i would most likely have sores everywhere if i contracted it by now.
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101028 tn?1419603004
your chances were incredibly low even if she didn't take anything for herpes!!
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So are my chances still low or are they pretty high?
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101028 tn?1419603004
no, it isn't effective at reducing asymptomatic shedding as well as the recommended dose is.
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So taking 400 mg total wont help?
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101028 tn?1419603004
suppressive therapy with acyclovir is 400mg twice a day.  

extremely small bumps? really, you are looking that closely at your genitals that you are going to be seen over these?  call off the crotch watch! You are probably irritating yourself even more with it.
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