Very Worried, Please Help - Sexually Transmitted Diseases Message Board

greenbng · 08-01-2004, 08:44 PM

I really need some advice on this situation. Please let me know if anybody knows what this might be. I have never had an STD before, and I get tested regularly. On friday night I had sex with a friend of mine who I have known for a while. We used a condom, but it broke. The next day I noticed several clusters of red bumps right at the top of my pubic hairline. Today (sunday) the bumps have all formed white tops and look like pimples. They are very sensitive and hurt when touched. My friend swears to me that she has never had any STD and was tested for everything at the OB/GYN three months ago. She is in a intermittent relationship with a guy she lives with and he is the only person she has slept with in the last two years. She says he is disease free as well. I spent all day today researching STD's and it doesn't seem that symptoms can appear so quickly (overnight) for any of them. My friend thinks that the pimples appeared because she usually shaves her pubic area but had let it grow for a few days and the hair was very coarse. She thinks the friction is what caused this because we had sex for an extended period of time (about 90 minutes). Please give me your input before I worry myself to death.

reni · 08-01-2004, 09:12 PM

It doesn't sound like any sort of STD. If you've researched diseases like herpes, warts, etc, you probably already know that the presenting symptoms don't look or act like a regular pimple that gets a head and then breaks. I think you have... pimples

Your friend is probably on the right track in regards to friction and maybe sweat and oils causing them. It is also true that skin lesions would not typically appear the next day for most STDs.

No one here can diagnose you, of course, but I think you can relax

greenbng · 08-02-2004, 08:23 AM

Well if they are just pimples (which I really hope), what can I do to treat them? The area that they occupy really hurts and itches. Is there anyway to get rid of them quickly?

reni · 08-02-2004, 08:36 AM

They itch? You didn't mention that. Pimples don't itch. Maybe you have pubic lice?

greenbng · 08-02-2004, 10:16 AM

Sorry, I didn't specify well enough. The itching is not a major issue at all. They don't itch all the time, just every once in a while. However, they are very sensitive. I am pretty sure it is not pubic lice because the symptoms don't match. The odd thing is that each pimple has a single hair growing out of it. That is what leads me to believe it has something to do with the hair follicles. What can I do for these pimples?