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I didn't start having sex until three years ago (I was 18 at the time) and I slept with this guy but was always very careful about using a condom and I did not have oral sex with him.  Well, two months later I started seeing someone else and was using a condom with him. One night we decided to use a different condom that had this heating lubricant with a spermicide (I had never tried either). As soon as he penetrated me I felt this intense burning all over my vagina, labia minora, and perineum that felt like I was being burned really bad.  I also had a tear at six o'clock which was hurting the most. We stopped immediatly and I washed but everything still continued to hurt a bit. By the next morning I had about three tiny bumps on my vulva.  I was so scared that I went to the health care department in my town because I did not want my doctor to know.  The doctor there examined me and said that I had herpes, but did no test because she said that the vesicles were dry and that there was not fluid in them.  The bumps went away a week later but my vulva and vagina still hurt.  I can't descibe how it hurt but it was quite painful.  The only thing that made it feel better was splashing it with water. The part of my labia that had swollen began to break open (like dry skin)and bleed at times. The tear that I had also continued to bleed and that was the part that hurt the most.  Two weeks after the incident it was all gone.  I have never had any type of bumps or lesions since nor itching in that area again. I was told by my doctor that she thought it was an allergic reaction to the lubricant and I have not used it since. The two people that I was with have never experienced anything like that and we used protection. I also did a blood test that said I did not have antibodies to HSV-2.  I'm still afraid though and the experience was very traumatic.  The doctor at the health department made it the worst though because she acted like telling me I had herpes was not an issue and walked out leaving me on the table with my pants off crying and telling the nurse I was a ****. If you could please let me know what you think I would greatly appreciate any advice.
Thank you!
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people i know how you feel i went to a doctor that was a colon rectal he looked up in my anal with a light and some scope said put your pants back on and i will talk to you back in my office.  well he said i had herpies simplex  put this cream on and you will be find in a few days  and was not even going to give me medicine  i was shocked  he said i had blisters inside my rectum this doctor from indy 25 years of experience   so i goto infectious disease doctor they blood test me for hsv1 and 2 and the igg and igm all came back negative  so i dont know what to believe now they said stop taking medicine i think doctors lie about this herpies
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Good news, YOU DO NOT HAVE HERPES!!! You don't have sex one night and the next morning have herpes lesions. Then the part about using this heat lubricant and it leaving you with burning sensation should lead you to conclude that it was that that made you burn and not herpes. You are fine. The STD specialist surprises me that she misdiagnosed what a herpes lesion looks like. Usually they are pretty good about that. Your blood tests prove that. You can NOT get herpes symptoms a day after an encounter. Sounds like you had irritation along with using this lubricant that might have left some sort of weird bumps.  Move on and don't worry about this.
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i think you should get tested again in a few weeks, pray to God that everything come out ok, dont lose faith.
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