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Unsure of what I have

I have been tested in the past, and I was tested positive for HSV1.

On Wednesday, I received oral sex from a guy.  I did not cum in his mouth.  I'd say it lasted 2 minutes.

On Saturday, I started feeling an irritation in my urethra and I had an urge to pee.  The next day, I started getting a tingly feeling in the tip of my penis.  Now, the tingly feeling has traveled to my inner thigh.  It feels like bengay on my thighs.  It is now Monday and I went straight to the doctor.  She took a urine sample from me and she said I have a UTI.  She gave me prescription for it.  I asked insistently if she thinks it's herpes, and she really was adamant that it wasn't.

However, I didn't think the tingling feeling relates to UTI.  Is it common for an initial genital herpes outbreak to have the prodrome?  I read it is unlikely.  
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You are only at risk for HSV2, which is negligible as so few people have that it doesn't transmit very often from the oral location, if at all.

Blisters will appear about 4 days after infection.

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Hi Fleetwood20,

Thank you so much for your feedback.  I am just concerned as UTI symptoms don't typically include this tingly/cooling feeling and my first doctor never even examined my penis.

I do have other questions, though, responding to your comments and based on my experience today.

I would say the tingling began to centralize around the head of my penis and I think I am seeing raised bumps - no blisters, though.  How long would it typically take for the blisters to form?  How long does the prodrome phase typically last?

And in regards to your comment on Oral to Genital HSV1, was I only at risk for HSV1 transmission?  Or was I at risk for HSV2?  And if the answer is HSV1, since I already have it, it is less likely for me to have it on my genitals?  

Sorry if I'm asking repeat questions - I just am overly concerned right now and am getting anxious and I want to get some clarity. I will be getting a second doctor's opinion tonight.

Thank you so much for your help.
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Your symptoms do not sound like herpes. The tingling you refer to is not that which relates to herpes which is a concentrated feeling where an outbreak emerges with a recurrent outbreak.

Your doctor seems spot on.

Further as you have HSV1, you are at no further practical risk of a genital HSV1 infection.
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