Help Needed! Please tell me I'm healthy!!!!

[uhohuhoh87]

Um. So last Thursday I woke up and noticed itching under my pubic hair (24 yr old female)... My boyfriend is in America and I haven't seen him for 5 months. We have never used protection... The last time I had sex was in june (with protection).... I have always been discerning about my choice of sexual partners but 2 years ago was severely depressed and had 2 one night stands... Long and the short of it is I had let my pubic hair go unattended for the last couple of months as I had no reason to keep it groomed, I have never noticed anything untoward before, never even had a coldsore but when I woke ip that day I scratched 'down there' through my pajamas as I just thought it was that morning scratch ritual, when I went to the bathroom I noticed where I had scratched was bleeding.... Panicking, I jumped straight into the shower and shaved myself, which revealed what LOOKED like razor burn, and along my 'lips' what looked like mosquito bites. There has been no pain, no pus, just itching and the ones at the top of my pubis have scabbed over. There are also a couple between my buttocks. The itching is dissipating, and now some of the unscabbed ones are getting a little white head, and looking like soap spots (where you get a soap buildup under the skin and it can be dealt with by squeezing it out). I have done just that with those ones, but there is still some itching.... Basically, out of everyone I know I'm the most prudish and have been the most careful about my sexual health, so I'm just hoping that it's not an STD, but it's got to the point where I'm scared to go to the bathroom and look.

I would also like to point out that up to the point of noticing this, I had been wearing a new  synthetic mix thong for 2 days, and I work in a restaurant, very long hours, always black 'suit'
pants....

Thank you in advance for whatever info you give me!!!!!

X

[ducky406]

You can always schedule a Dr's appointment under the pretense of a checkup. And if your parent usually goes in with you, maybe line up it with a pap smear and tell them you're not comfortable with them in there? I know if you're over 14 in the States you can get an appointment and see a gp without a parent needing to be present and then medical results are either called in and told only to you or mailed in a letter. Just remember, it's your health- you shouldn't let your parents dictate it. In the end, I'm sure they just want you to be healthy.

[uhohuhoh87]

Thanks folks!!! Still up for more advice and info.... And keep your fingers crossed for me. My biggest problem is I still live with my parents, don't drive, basically have been kept as a princess my whole life, so getting away to go to a clinic is nigh on impossible :-(

[ducky406]

Any allergic reaction I have down there typically lasts 4 days before it's all clear, but I get pretty severe reactions. I think if it doesn't get better in a week, see a doctor. And maybe schedule and STD test just so you don't have to worry about it. It's pretty relieving to be able to say with certainty, no chance of a STD.

[uhohuhoh87]

Thanks! I have been wearing coton panties since and it seems to be going down, how long can I expect an allergic reaction to last?

[jefelex]

Sounds like allergies if its a new thong you are wearing, I'd try wearing something different to see if that helps!