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Herpes scare

I had protected sexual intercourse about a year and half a ago, and i was scared out of my mind that i contracted an std. I gotten all test that needed to be done to check for herpes HIV etc, at the 3 month and 6 month mark. All came back negative. and about 3-4 weeks ago i received a handjob with no protection. I assumed it was a safe sex practice. Now i have noticed a single red bump on my scrotum. I has been about 3 days. it is extremely small and is red. It at first was painful to touch. but it is not anymore. it is not fluid filled. it does not itch. it jut hurts to touch. so my question is should i fear that it might be herpes?
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sorry about all the post it just a scary thing for me.
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now in the morning i think it has actually healed. Though i do feel a bit of stinging where it once was when i run my finger over the area, there is no more puss.
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aggghhhh......
i guess im just getting little overwhelmed with stress from exams to.
i looked at it again when i see it, it is at the bottom of the shaft borderline scrotum. and it still has little bit of puss though looks like it is smaller. i think i  am just incredibly stressed and am over thinking this. it does not hurt or itch or anything. aggghhh, i sacrificed last nights sleep thinking about this and i am ashamed to admit it i cried a bit.  I guess i should assume its not herpes?
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you were already told you won't get a std from a hand job or from a towel.

you've already popped these so little to be done about them. should you get new symptoms, be seen for an exam and proper diagnosis.

whatever is going on, isn't due to herpes.

grace
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it was a year and a half since i last had sexual intercourse and at the 3 month and 6 month mark i test negative for herpes and all other stds. can i get it froma  hand job?
or a towel i am incredibly scared i dont know what to do. i am stressing ym self u=out to the point where I cant sleep or function.
what i do and the reason i do thing I will never understand.
we all make choices i guess i made a bad one, twice. i really hope it snot herpes. could it be something else? i really really hope it is. i dont know why i ahve this fear i am actually scared. it is incredibly tiny. does not hurt or itch. i just want this to be nothing. i really hope its not nothing. i need some advice. can it really be somethign from a year and ahlf ago, if so why did it take so long to see. and i got tested is negative test?. or can a handjob or a towel do this?
or could it be somethign else. it is the first day of me seeing this so i really hope it is nothing.
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im just scared....
i think i need some support......
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It is pretty small spot and singular
I feel it is nothing but still am quite scared
it is small and red and had some pusss come out. i dont know what to do. i think i shoudl rely on the test from before and think of this as a random thing. it was fairly small. the only thing that attracted my attention was it being red. i think it could be me pressing my nail into it could ahve made it worse i dont know. i knwo you cant get an std from a handjob or a towel. i think i am jsut freaking ym self out again i dont know. and for ti to show up now after a year and half of having protected sex i find it highly unlikely.
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I saw one on the other side and when i squeeze it some liquid comes out is this something i should be concerned about
no itch or pain but this one has liquid come out
im so scared i dont knwow hat to do
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yeah i think i am overreacting i guess
i think i am fooling my self now
i looked at another part of scrotum and see that there is a red bump on the other side. this one does not hurt, does not have fluid or anything. it jsut red. iunno sometimes my testicles tingle i think. maybe my mind is playign tricks on  me. and even think i have pain right at the bottom of the hip join on one side.
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yes you are over reacting :)

you won't get std's from a towel either.

odds are this is something that normally you wouldn't have given a 2nd thought to if you hadn't been naked with someone recently.

grace
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I think im just over reacting its probably something else. there is no itch just jain. its no fluid fluid. its ridiculously  small. I had test from when i had sex year and half a ago which were negative at 3 month and 6 month mark. The only other thing i got was handjob which i read are relatively safe. iunno i think i may be over reacting
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i really hope so its really stressing me out. Because i also read that gettign an std from a handjob is practically zero so i really hope its not herpes. the only thing is she tried to wipe me down with a towel and i told her to stop. so i hope i didnt get it from a  towel. i really hope i didnt get ti at all. no fluid or anything it just a red bump that hurts to touch. I hope it is something small. Maybe it could be related to hygiene or something.
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I've spent a lot of time on this forum.  From what I understand, the chances of getting ANY STD's from handjob are zero.  IMHO, what you have is something else.  
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