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Discomfort on scrotum…possibly herpes?

Hello, first I’d like to say thank you to everyone who take the time to answer our questions.

Now onto the situation, I had received oral sex and had protected vaginal sex with this woman who has hsv-2. She was diagnosed in December 2020 and takes suppression pills daily. The oral sex I’m not worried about, but we did have protected vaginal sex for about 5-10min before we stopped.

A few days after I might have felt a little discomfort on my scrotum but I’m not 100% sure because I could have just been anxious about the intercourse. A week later I decided to shave and ever since I’ve been having slight discomfort/itching on my scrotum. It’s been about almost since we had sex and I still feel slight discomfort, but that’s my only symptom. No pimples, no pus, no pain, no marks, no flu-like symptoms, etc.

I know I may be overreacting but what are the chances that I could get herpes from that interaction? I’ve been reading online that the percentage is around 0.3% to 0.7% per vaginal sex act…is that true? Also I got tested for other STI’s and tested negative.

Thanks again in advance!
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Discomfort in or on your scrotum isn't really a herpes symptom. We don't have exact percentages per sex act, but that sounds about right - she uses suppressives, and you used a condom. The chances that you'd get herpes from her are so very, very low.

If you were in a long term, monogamous relationship with her, and just avoided sex when she had symptoms, you'd have about a 4% chance a year of getting it. Using condoms cuts it half, as does using suppression. In a relationship, using both, it would be about a 1-2% chance. A one-time, fully protected encounter is even less.

You left out how long it's been since you had sex with her, so I can't address that part, but I'd agree that this might be anxiety. Do you have any signs of a rash? Any bumps? Anything?

I don't think you have anything to worry about here.
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Sorry. I meant to put its been almost two months since the intercourse and throughout that time, I’ve had no visible symptoms or the flu. I currently think I have a rash????? But I’ve also been putting 1% hydrocortisone anti-itch cream on myself like crazy and it might be adversely affecting me now.

If not herpes then what could it be?
So hydrocortisone on the genitals can thin the skin, and can also cause other issues. Have you had a rash that you are using the cream for, or did you use it because you thought you might have something, and the cream might be causing the rash? Were you using it for the slight itch?

Have you seen a doctor for it?

It could be a fungal infection, a reaction to the hydrocortisone, folliculitis, anxiety, or about a dozen other things. All would be far, far more likely than herpes.
No I started using it after I shaved and assumed it was because I thought I had something. It did get noticeably more irritated after using the hydrocortisone for a while. I have seen a doctor and they too ruled herpes as a really low possibility.

I had a yeast infection before but I assume that can’t happen on your balls, right? Either way I’m going to try the anti-jock itch and only apply it every few days rather than twice a day.

Thank you for the help! I feel much better now.
Glad we helped. :)
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