Thank you for your reply. This site has been a tremendous resource for me while I deal with the anxiety leading up to my test. I would be going crazy right now if it wasn't for you!
No that does not look like herpes art all. The slits associated with herpes are usually experienced by females and if on males appear on the penis. They are dry slits.
Well waiting won't change your results. But please make a new thread to discuss your symptoms as I would like Fleetwood to reply to my post and having multiple discussions in one thread gets confusing
Well txboy I don't know what to tell you besides go get a blood test if it's been 5 months your test will be conclusive.
Fleetwood20 Any idea if a vertical cut in the skin by the tailbone similar to the picture in the link is what a herpes fissure looks like?
Hello again,
So the past couple of days my tailbone area has been kinda sore so today I took an up close look in the mirror and there is a very tiny cut or crack in the skin that looks like it's a vertical paper cut in the upper part of my butt crack right by my tailbone. I didn't take a picture but I found a photo on google that looks almost identical to what I saw in the mirror. The link to that photo is here-https://www.dropbox.com/s/7gq7aa4xk5auokq/image.jpeg?dl=0
Could something like this be a sign of herpes or the "fissures" that some people with herpes describe?
Your mind cannot always be believed. Many men find this with STD related 'scares'.
Your response has served as a big comfort to me. It's weird how my rational mind already knew that your response would say I shouldn't be worried but then I read all these symptoms online and convince myself that I have something. Once again I appreciate your response!
You are worrying way too much about herpes here with no evidence at all that infection has occurred.
1. No herpes does not cause nerve pain absent lesions, even then it is quite rare.
2. The scrotum is not a place for a herpes infection. The skin is way too thick and there are few nerve endings.
3. Fully true, you'd know full well if you had a primary herpes infection.
4. No, you are stressing causing muscle and nerve response, clenching things all the time etc.
5. It means this is not related to herpes.
6. About 50% of people infected would test positive within 4 weeks.
You were not infected with herpes so you can move on with confidence.