Cut or first time putbreak?

[lovehappily]

Not sure why my picture icon says I'm a man but im really a woman!

The story in the way it described happened about 5 months ago and I have not had a recorruence of it since, if that helps.

A few weeks (5 months) ago I had sex quite a few times with a stranger and there were occasions I was dry and the sex was frequent. I was extremely sore. I also developed a bacterial infection and when I checked the next day I noticed the base of my vagina was swollen and my discharge smelled bad. I went to the dr. And they diagnosed me with a bacterial UTI. When I went home this was perhaps a day or two after the sex and I noticed a cut not on my perineum but a little above it, on the edge of the entrance. It looked like a little cut/gash. I was kind of worried because I checked the area the day after sex and it wasn't there or I hadnt noticed it then, so I freaked out and immediately thought herpes as it showed up later. It didn't hurt and simply looked like a tiny gash. I am concerned because I usually get shallow perineum cuts after sex that heal in about 2 days. This however took about 4-5 days to heal and was closer to the softer tissue on the edge of the entrance. The posterior fourchette. It didn't hurt only when I went to the restroom and urine got on it. I'm not sure if bacterial vaginosis combined with the trauma from sex contributed to the cut/gash. I finished my antibiotics and both the chunky smelly discharge and cut dissapeared.

It was a clean linear cut where you could sort of see the white flesh underneath. I checked my groin nodes and they were not swollen during the presence of this cut.

Does this sound consistent with a first time outbreak of herpes?

How common is the presentation of genital herpes as papercuts?

Also people always talk about having antibodies to type 1 from coldsores mitigating or lessening symptoms of a subsequent contraction with type 2.

How does having type 1 orally lessen the symptoms of type 2 genitally? Do symptoms still appear clinically but just less severe?

I've gotten tested for all other stds after this incident but is a herpes test necessary given this info?

I appreciate the help, seriously!

[lovehappily]

Hi Howard,

Just seeing if you overlooked my follow up question above? Thank you.

[lovehappily]

Thank you so much. Does the  fact that something similar hasnt reoccurred for almost 6 months now also strengthen the possibility this isn't herpes related?

How have you become so familiar with this virus? Just curious. There seems to be so much confusion when it comes to herpes. Do you have it yourself?

Thank you and a happy new year to you as well!

[HowardH]

Having glanced at your previous threads as well as this one, I think it unlikely herpes explains your symptoms. More likely this was traumatic, i.e. a minor injury from the vigorous sex with under-lubrication.  To your specific questions:

"Does this sound consistent with a first time outbreak of herpes?" No; see above. It not only followed traumatic sex, but it sounds like it started too soon to be due to herpes (usually 3-5 days after exposure).

"How common is the presentation of genital herpes as papercuts?" Probably very rare for the first infection; a little more common for recurrent outbreaks.

"How does having type 1 orally lessen the symptoms of type 2 genitally? Do symptoms still appear clinically but just less severe?"  The latter: typical symptoms but less severe and healing more quickly.

"I've gotten tested for all other stds after this incident but is a herpes test necessary given this info?" I wouldn't think so.

I hope this has helped. Happy new year!