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Herpes outbreak 2 years on?
I'm very worried about the possibility of having herpes.
About 2 years ago I was with that girl who had herpes, genital herpes. She contracted 3/4 years before that so maybe like in 2010/11. She told me she only ever had one outbreak and that was the initial outbreak around the time when she first contacted it.
I was with her only for a few months or so and we never had intercourse and we never performed oral on each other but I did finger her quite a bit and she touched my genitals as well.
After things ended, I didn't think about it again. However, 2 weeks ago I suddenly got this itchy red rash around my inner thigh which eventually progressed to my buttock area and also within the cheeks of the buttocks. It was reddish then I noticed other blisters which seemed a bit greasy and possibly leaking fluid. I'm not certain. However it was never painful, although I recall having a slightly tender painful lymph node in the thigh area. Assuming it to be a fungal infection or jock itch I just used some steroid cream and antibiotics and it eased however I can still see the scabs on some of the blisters.
I realise 2 years is a bit unusual for a potential outbreak but the symptoms I've described are classic herpes symptoms? It could have been heat rash or bed bugs as I was traveling two weeks ago staying in hostels etc. Just to add I've never had intercourse, never gone down on a woman and only once or twice has a woman gone down on me. Obv I've had other physical contact with women like kissing, fingering, body rubbing etc but nothing more than that really. But this last girl 2 years ago def did have herpes so that's why I'm worried.
About 2 years ago I was with that girl who had herpes, genital herpes. She contracted 3/4 years before that so maybe like in 2010/11. She told me she only ever had one outbreak and that was the initial outbreak around the time when she first contacted it.
I was with her only for a few months or so and we never had intercourse and we never performed oral on each other but I did finger her quite a bit and she touched my genitals as well.
After things ended, I didn't think about it again. However, 2 weeks ago I suddenly got this itchy red rash around my inner thigh which eventually progressed to my buttock area and also within the cheeks of the buttocks. It was reddish then I noticed other blisters which seemed a bit greasy and possibly leaking fluid. I'm not certain. However it was never painful, although I recall having a slightly tender painful lymph node in the thigh area. Assuming it to be a fungal infection or jock itch I just used some steroid cream and antibiotics and it eased however I can still see the scabs on some of the blisters.
I realise 2 years is a bit unusual for a potential outbreak but the symptoms I've described are classic herpes symptoms? It could have been heat rash or bed bugs as I was traveling two weeks ago staying in hostels etc. Just to add I've never had intercourse, never gone down on a woman and only once or twice has a woman gone down on me. Obv I've had other physical contact with women like kissing, fingering, body rubbing etc but nothing more than that really. But this last girl 2 years ago def did have herpes so that's why I'm worried.
Just been to the doctor and I showed her pictures of the rash that I had at the time when it first broke out two weeks ago, and she said that it's not a herpes rash and the red lesions/blisters looked more like a fungal infection rash, folliculitis. Also she said that herpes blisters/rash is usually always painful but not itchy.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
