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Herpes from oral sex?

Hi, so for 4 months now, everyday I am wondering whether I've contracted herpes or not. It's making me go crazy, angry, frustrated and sad. I received an oral sex from someone I didn't know, after some time I've felt sick, a cold sore showed up on my lip ( I believe i've had cold sores on my mouth before, but I'm not sure ). Then two weeks after that I woke up with itching, red spot on my foreskin. I instantly went to a doctor, and he said I shouldn't worry that it's an std, he perscripted a steroid ointment, which I think made things worse, my whole penis head and foreskin is now red, I also had a painful red spot near my anus some time ago. I am now stuck with red skin on my penis. The worst thing is that i don't know if I have the virus or not, I don't think it's HSV2, i took a blood test for both strains, I am curently waiting for the results, but as the other doctors said it won't tell me anything, it might detect HSV1 that I've had since childhood in the oral area, but that won't tell if it's in the genital area too. I don't have any symptoms in my genital area now. How can i know if i have the virus in my genital area or not? This makes me more and more depressed, because Im a virgin, so the thought of getting HSV from the first oral sex ever is devastating. Is it possible that the first outbreak of genital HSV1 triggered a cold sore on my mouth? Four different doctors told me not to worry, but i can't. What should i do in this situation?
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Hi since your a virgin its impossible to get hsv2 genital or hsv1 genital
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But from what I read it´s possible to get HSV1 from oral sex, that's why I'm concerned.
Yes it is possible but you said you were a virgin and did not have oral sex.
The only and first form of sex for me was oral sex, meaning that I am still a virgin because I haven't had a vaginal intercourse. But I am still afraid that I might have contracted herpes from it.
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