Herpes or Not?

[matt343]

I’m a guy. I had protected receptive anal intercourse 10 days ago. First time. I ended the encounter after a few minutes. No fluids were exchanged. There was no other genital-gentile or oral-genital contact.

12 hours after the encounter, I started to feel 2 symptoms that have continued til now:

1) A feeling like a cut/rawness in one specific part of the perianal region

2) A general feeling of heat/pins and needles in the buttocks. I almost only feel this 2nd symptom when I’m lying down/sitting down or reading frantically about herpes. I go long periods without feeling this second symptom, only to feel it when I lie down or start to read about herpes.

I have seen 2 dermatologists this past week. Both agreed I do not have herpes.

The 2nd dermatologist was more thorough. He could see the area I described as the cut (Symptom 1). There is some type of redness or rash there. He ascribed it to dermatitis, which could have been the result of the condom or lube. He told me to wash the area with Betadine and to apply ointment containing nystatin and triamcinolone.

My questions are:

1) I’ve read that 1st symptoms of herpes may not necessarily present “classically” with sores/blisters. Instead, symptoms potentially include a bewildering variety of things, anything from pimples to feelings of itching or heat. How then could the dermatologists confidently declare that it’s not herpes if symptoms can seemingly be anything? I’m bewildered.

2) When people get herpes for the first time, can the feelings of tingling/heat be something that:
2a) Persist over 10 days (without any blistering);
2b) Occur irregularly and only in certain situations? Or are the feelings of tingling/heat usually persistent?

3) I start to feel Symptom 2 more acutely the more I read about it.

Is it common for people to have this type of (seemingly) “mind-driven” experience of symptoms?  

4) Symptom 1 is definitely real. Do you often see people with negative reactions to latex or lube?

THANK YOU!

[matt343]

I apologize in advance. I'm a new member. I intended to post this to the expert area. I will post there as well now. I don't want to bother people with replying to this thread until I receive a response there. Thanks!

[GJPlaceres]

Those tingling sensation are the effect of your body fighing a virus or bacteria trying to enter to your body.  Sometimes is the HPV virus trying to develop a wart.  Herpes, alwasys is more specific, first pain in the hips or back pain, fever, chills then a burning sensation in the area where the blister will develop.  If you feel the burning but Cinnamon powder in all your genital area specially in the area where do you feel the burning that will stop the blister to form.