| Re: maybe herpes?
Your pap smear is completely unrelated to herpes. It only checks for changing cells which could indicate cancer. That's the ONLY thing it screens. If you want to be screened for herpes, you have to specifically request it.
Are you thinking that you got genital herpes by giving oral sex? If you contracted herpes that way, you would contract oral herpes. Not genital herpes.
Herpes will not cause you to stop your period. There could be many many explanations for this in healthy women of childbearing age, most commonly pregnancy or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Again, your normal pap doesn't rule out any possible causes for amenorrhea.
The pimples could be herpes, but doesn't sound like it based on what you said. Are you within a healthy weight range? Several of the "symptoms" you mentioned are linked with being overweight. If your pimples come back, I would have the doc culture them within the first day or two. You can also get a type specific blood test, but a positive result will not tell you where your infection is, so it could be an old oral or an old genital infection and you could only make your best guess.
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