21 Days Since Possible Exposure - PLS Help - Herpes Message Board

harding2 · 08-10-2003, 10:51 AM

On July 31 I was initimate with an ex-boyfriend. He told me that in the 4 months we were apart, he had had sex with one other person - an ex-girlfriend and that he used a condom. I noticed on his penis a single raised bump that looked like a pimple. I didn't think much of it because prior to our break-up, we had been monogamous for more than 2 years. We had sex without a condom.

4 days ago (more than 3 weeks after this incident), I began to feel irritated down there. I only noticed a flat, red area in my pubic hair on one side of my vaginal opening. Of course, I poked it and proded it and eventually used tweezers to pluck the hair of that area to see what was going on. This made matters worse and for the next couple of days, I could not really tell what was going on. Sometimes it appeared that there were two blisters filled with a milky fluid. Then it would appear flat, not red at all and chaffed. Then it appeared that the I had moist craters where the blisters were or might have been - or where I had tweezed the hair?? Now it it appears read and I'm feeling constant burning.

I plan to get tested tomorrow. Unfortunately, the weekend has already passed and I'm hoping I can get some answers.

Also, for atleast 10 years (I'm 29), I haven't gotten a single cold sore on the my lip maybe once or twice a year ma.

It appears from what I have read that my worse fears will be confirmed.

What do you think?

TheOneInFour · 08-10-2003, 11:59 PM

Hi Harding,

I hate to say it but it does sound like it could be herpes.

The symptoms you describe sound consistent with herpes and the circumstances sound suspicious, although it might be other things too. I think it's good that you're going to get tested tomorrow. You should probably talk to your ex-bf too, so that he can get tested on a new sore or by taking a type-specific blood test. If you can afford it, you might want to get blood tested tomorrow too.

Good luck. Let us know how you make out and what the doctor says. I hope it turns out to just be something like an ingrown hair or something.

TheOneInFour