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Not genital herpes, but I got similar symptoms?
Hello, I'm a 19-year-old girl. I want to ask you about something.
Actually I had something like.. white err.. mouth ulcer?or canker sores? (kinda similar to the ulcer you had in your mouth when you got canker sore) on my outer labia. I checked my vagina with a mirror immediately after I feel an itchy and kind of burning sensation (but not really painful.. just uncomfortable for me).
they're pretty small, (around 4-5 mm in diameter) and no blisters. I got 3 on my right inner labia. and another one on my left inner labia.
I'm so scared. Honestly, I have no idea where did I got this. I searched it on google, and it gave me scary answers.. genital herpes, stds.. but honest, I have never had sex for even once in my life. neither vaginal sex nor oral sex or etc.
And before I felt something like this itchy sensation, actually I had a high fever for around 3-4 days and I feel like my back kind of hurts. And it made me even more scared. Because they said that Genital Herpes could cause high fever to.
My mom dragged me on that very day to our usual doctor which is surprisingly experienced in this thing (apparently many of his patients got stds or something similar to that). I'm very scared and I told him, I'm afraid I had Genital Herpes. He wore medical gloves and checked my vagina. He touched the white things I said before, on my both labia sides and asked me if that hurts, I said no. Because it's definitely not hurting, even when I touch it myself. He asked if I feel pain when I went to pee, and I said,"not at all".
The only time when the labia feels slightly itchy or hurt is when I change my sitting position.
Then he said to me that I might have a Folliculitis. He doubt that I got a genital herpes, because I don't have any blisters down there, and chances are only 1-2% for non-sexually active people to get infected by genital herpes just like that by not having any sex before. Then he gave me an antibiotic cream, and medications for the itch feeling, anti-bacterial, etc.
but I'm still wondering about this.
Sorry for the long information, because I want to make it as clear as possible. I'm really scared. I've never had something like this in my life before. I must be sound like panic up there... Sorry. Thank you very much.
Regards,
medkuri
Actually I had something like.. white err.. mouth ulcer?or canker sores? (kinda similar to the ulcer you had in your mouth when you got canker sore) on my outer labia. I checked my vagina with a mirror immediately after I feel an itchy and kind of burning sensation (but not really painful.. just uncomfortable for me).
they're pretty small, (around 4-5 mm in diameter) and no blisters. I got 3 on my right inner labia. and another one on my left inner labia.
I'm so scared. Honestly, I have no idea where did I got this. I searched it on google, and it gave me scary answers.. genital herpes, stds.. but honest, I have never had sex for even once in my life. neither vaginal sex nor oral sex or etc.
And before I felt something like this itchy sensation, actually I had a high fever for around 3-4 days and I feel like my back kind of hurts. And it made me even more scared. Because they said that Genital Herpes could cause high fever to.
My mom dragged me on that very day to our usual doctor which is surprisingly experienced in this thing (apparently many of his patients got stds or something similar to that). I'm very scared and I told him, I'm afraid I had Genital Herpes. He wore medical gloves and checked my vagina. He touched the white things I said before, on my both labia sides and asked me if that hurts, I said no. Because it's definitely not hurting, even when I touch it myself. He asked if I feel pain when I went to pee, and I said,"not at all".
The only time when the labia feels slightly itchy or hurt is when I change my sitting position.
Then he said to me that I might have a Folliculitis. He doubt that I got a genital herpes, because I don't have any blisters down there, and chances are only 1-2% for non-sexually active people to get infected by genital herpes just like that by not having any sex before. Then he gave me an antibiotic cream, and medications for the itch feeling, anti-bacterial, etc.
but I'm still wondering about this.
Sorry for the long information, because I want to make it as clear as possible. I'm really scared. I've never had something like this in my life before. I must be sound like panic up there... Sorry. Thank you very much.
Regards,
medkuri
There are things that can cause these including mono and other viral infections. There is also a condition whose name is totally escaping me at the moment that results in every time you get a viral infections, you get lesions in the genital area. ( if the name comes to me I"ll be sure to stop back and post it for you ) You also can have latex reactions and skin infections too.
you've never had sex. if you've also never received oral sex then you know this isn't herpes or any other std.
grace
follow up on this with a dermatologist as needed.
you've never had sex. if you've also never received oral sex then you know this isn't herpes or any other std.
grace
follow up on this with a dermatologist as needed.
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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.
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STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
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