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Can this be herpes? Please help!

Right after I was done having sex with a guy, my clitoris started feeling weird. A few days later, my clitoris hurt so bad that I could barely walk and when pee touched my clitoris, it burned really bad. It did not burn to pee, only when pee touched my clitoris. There was also blood coming from under my clitoris hold. I also had extreme watery discharge which had a bad smell. It was so excessive that I had to wear pads and tampons. My labia minora and clitoris good was also very swollen. A few days after that, I noticed on spot on the inside of my labia minora which was sort of red/flesh color. It was flat, not bumped up and looked as if it were just apart of my skin. Not painful at all and just one one side. About 2 days later, 2 more of those flat spots popped up on the other side. I also had what appeared to be a bartholin cyst but it eventually went away before I went to the doctor. When I went to the doctor, my ob/gyn said it might be herpes because I was in so much pain doing her examination (which was coming from my clitoris). She prescribed me on Valtrex, doxycycline hyclate, and metronidazole and about 2 days later, my discharge, pain, and then 2 spots on my labia minora were gone. I will also add that I had high fevers that came from time to time (102.8 being the highest), runny nose, headache, stomach ache, and was very sick. Do you think this is herpes? Please help.
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It could be herpes. Did she do any testing?

Your clitoris feeling weird right after sex - that's not any STD. It takes at least 2 days for any STD symptoms to show up.

Herpes shouldn't cause your clitoris to bleed, though. That wouldn't be an STD either. Did your partner cut you somehow, perhaps with teeth? Perhaps that got infected, and the doxy cleared that up.

Your doctor gave you meds for herpes, chlamydia and bacterial vaginosis. The doxy is a broad spectrum antibiotic, though, and can cure lots of things.

If she did no testing (and I really hope she did), then get a blood test - a type specific IgG herpes blood test now, and if it's negative for either type, get another one in 4 months.

I don't know how long ago this happened, but it takes some time to develop antibodies for herpes, which is what the test looks for. If it's been less than 2 weeks, and you test positive for herpes type 1, then that's a pre-existing infection, probably one you've had orally since you were a kid. About half the adult population has it and most don't know it, because 90% never get a cold sore.

If it's been more than 2 weeks, and you test positive for either type, it could be a new infection, or a previous one. It can take up to 4 months to develop antibodies, but some do as soon as 2 weeks.

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