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Friction or herpes?

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Hi. Gay male, received rough/sloppy oral sex late Friday night. Also lots of body rubbing in encounter, with and without pants on. Saturday morning noticed red area under penis head from abrasion, about the size of a nickel. Could see where top layer of skin had come off.

By Saturday afternoon - about 12 hours later - noticed red area looked moist. Wound stayed wet looking for 3 days. Mostly healed now except for a small red slit. Should be gone tomorrow (4 days duration).

Herpes can't cause symptoms in less than 2 days, right? Does this sound like it's completely due to friction? The fact that it was wet (clear liquid over wound) concerned me a bit. Thanks.
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101028 tn?1419603004
no one gets routinely tested for hpv - males or females. it can be transmitted through oral, anal and vaginal sex. indeed someone saying that they are "clean" is not the entire picture. herpes testing isn't routine either but most folks think when they ask for std testing that they are getting the whole shebang when they aren't. also most folks don't get tested for std's at the right times either :(  can I make you more paranoid? lol

if you were negative for hsv1 prior to this, odds are you would've had a very obvious and "classic" initial ob. Not something you'd mistake for anything else.  
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Thanks, Grace. I appreciate your answer and good advice. Yes - I've been tested a few times in the past (HerpeSelect IgG) and have been negative for HSV1 and 2. But it is something I think about everytime I meet somebody.

There's a lot of denial or whatever it is out here, with people labeling themselves as "clean" or "ddf." Doesn't everyone have HPV @ some point or another?

BTW, the symptoms are now totally gone and had already healed about 5 days after the abrasion.
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101028 tn?1419603004
this sounds more like irritation than anything. it also could be a fungal infection so if it doesn't get better in a few days, be seen and get it checked out.

have you ever been tested for herpes before?  the rates of herpes infection, both hsv1 and hsv2 are very high in gay males so it's something you should be getting done at least yearly.

also always protect yourself and have protected sexual contact! not worth the risk of unprotected oral sex :(

grace
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Now I'm thinking my symptoms were definitely all due to friction, since they started just hours after the encounter.
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