Is this a sign of Herpes?

[Xstrandman]

   On February 27th I had unprotected sex with a woman. Roughly two weeks after the encounter, and 3 days after freshly trimming my pubic region, I started to feel irritated. This irritation felt better when I was naked or when I spread my legs apart which allowed for minimal contact with clothing. The feeling would come and go and was more annoying than an intensive burn. So far I have no other obvious symptoms. It would be relieved with lotion, antihistamines, benadryl gel and caladryl oil. It also felt better when I was naked or if it was bothering me while standing at work I could simply sit down, remove my pants and then the feeling would go away. It started in the genital region before I noticed the feeling in my forearms and on my inner quad above the knee.On a few occasions I feel the irritation in all of those areas at once.I did notice that my mother changed laundry detergents so I thought maybe I was having a reaction to the fresh shave and laundry detergent. I noticed that jeans, boxers and black sweater usually provoked the irritating feeling in all listed spots. Upon washing my clothes in hot/cold water, w/o detergent, I was irritation free for 4 days. But then it started again while working. It seems friction, pressure and moisture play a vital role in the length and degree of irritation.
   I am very conflicted. Some experts, like Dr. HHH on this forum, say that "No STDs alone cause skin irritation and burning and that sores and ulcers only cause irritation and burning." But I also read people's testimonies that they have tested positive for HSV2 and have never had sores but do get the burning/irritation feeling in the genital region.
   Should I get tested at 6 or 7 weeks to get an idea if I'm positive and then again at 12 weeks? I don't have a GP but I am going to make an appointment with one just to cover all of my options. I know my story is long with a lot of details, but what is an expert opinion on the likelihood of me contracting HSV2?

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

That sounds reasonable to me.  I hope the further testing goes well, too.

Terri

[Xstrandman]

So I went back to the dermatologist on monday, 5-9, and he said that despite redness on my scrotum and glans that they are both healthy and there is no sign of infection of any kind. Was tough to hear that. Ever since my encounter I've gone through numerous ailments, which I've listed before, but all test results have come back negative. I still get the itch on parts of my body, but my derm believes it is dry skin and my nerves are overly stimulated both from the cold weather and my obsessive mentality with what's been going on. I've been on a hydration regimen and have been trying to be more active in hopes of keeping my mind off of things. It's tough though, to go through all of this and to not understand why. I'm getting HSV and HIV re-tested at 12 weeks just to further ease my mind and I hope that with time, hydration and less stress/anxiety, whatever it is my body is going through will finally come to pass. I should consider myself lucky though and I need to take this as a lesson as to not be so careless in the future.

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

I don't want what that means, "exposed".  Please get your test numbers and make a new post to this board and if you like, I will help you sort this out.

Terri

[formation]

I was just told today that i was exposed to herpes. i can't remember what the numbers were, but I really want to know is that should get a second test done? I will be honest
is that i have had unprotected sex with a female for 17 years, but my girlfriend of almost five years test results were negative. I have had some itching on my genital area. Scared to death, don't know what to do.

by Falling apart.

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

OK

Terri

[Xstrandman]

While the itching is very real, I am starting to believe that it is more of a psycho-somatic ailment than anything else. It's not so much that I'm thinking it's HSV or HIV or anything, it's more of the "I know what it's not, but I don't know what it is" type mentality. But, anxiety can do that to a person. There are a lot of things I can do on my end to help me through all of this and I plan on sticking to them. Negative results are a great start and that's what I need to focus on. Thank you for listening and I will be sure to let you know how I'm progressing.

Chris