I've been having unprotected sex with a guy friend of mine, that I've known for little over a year now. We've only been doing things for about a month or so. He said he positive he's clean, he wasn't tested not long ago. So I'm wondering if I could of been misdiagnosed. Here's how the symptoms went.
Day 1: Slight irritation & itching in vagina & anus openings.
Day 2: Itching was replaced with pain in both areas. Burning sensation when urinating & pain feels worse after urinating. It made it where I tried my best to not use the restroom (Stupid I know.) I also took some of my mother antibiotics since I had a feeling it was a UTI.
Day 3: The antibiotics made the pain subside, I still had slight burning when I urinated. Another issued appeared after however. I became constipated, which I believe was caused by myself since I pretty much didn't use the restroom until I absolutely had to. So I constantly tried to force myself to go poop with no luck of course, just kept making myself more sore. By the end of the day, I took some magnesium citrate & tried to relax.
Day 4: By the morning I was able to poop some of it out but with extreme pain. (scale 1-10, it was an 8) This made me feel better for about 2 hrs, then the same feeling came back & I still couldn't poop. It was bearable so I dealt with it and spent the day watching TV. The burning sensation when I urinated was completely gone by the morning & the pain that followed was gone as well. The pain I felt now was only in the anus from what I believe to be cause I still couldn't go poop.
Day 5: The pain was beginning to rise again, so I took myself to the hospital. After describing my symptoms, I gave a urine sample & the did a examination of the vagina & anus. I told the doctor that the pain I once felt in the vagina was gone & the only pain I felt was from my anus.The doctor looked at it for less than a minute and said I had herpes as well as a UTI. (Two swollen glands & a small single red bump on my butt cheek. a good distance from the anus opening.)
The day after being on medication which includes : acyclovir, Nitrofur,and pain meds. I was finally able to go poop (with bearable pain) and after I was able to use the restroom, All my anus issue were gone. I ended up going poop about 3-4 times that day & another 3 times the following day. Day 4 of being on medication, all my symptoms were gone except a new one appeared. I have vagina dryness which is caused an extreme urge to itch, which gets worse after urinating. ( I believe this may be caused by the fact I haven't been drinking much fluids, which is bad when on antibiotics. So I believe I'm dehydrated.)
I plan to make a doctor appointment as soon as I can. So no need to advise me to do so, just looking for answers since I can't get this out of my mind.
- a swab that is cultured (preferably then typed) or tested with PCR
- IgG blood test for HSV1 and HSV2, type specific.
Next steps above are the best approach. I'm not thinking herpes is here though!