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Suspicious bump
Hi and thank you in advance for any help you can offer me. I have a single pimple like bump on my libia minora (up towards the top and close the the edge). It has remained unchanged for four days and counting. It is possible it has been there longer, I just noticed it four days ago. No itching or pain to speak of. The bump is only visible if I stretch out the skin, and when doing the bump feels hard and can almost be felt on the other side. It is almost as if it is under the skin. Does this sound as though it could be a herpes blister? I am leaving for vacation today and was hoping maybe you could put my fears to rest.
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MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
A genital wart also might be a possibility, depending on what it looks like. As I suggested above, the safest thing is to see a health care provider and not try to figure this out by online inquiries.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum.
This doesn't sound like herpes. However, if you are at risk -- e.g., recent new partner or sex with someone known to have genital herpes (or you received oral sex recently from someone believed to have oral herpes) -- you should see a health care provider and not rely on this advice to know for sure whether or not you have it.
HSV lesions usually are not "hard" and generally progress within 4 days from a superficial bump to blister to open sore. However, pimples, folliculitis, sebaceous cysts, fibromas, and other sorts of genital skin lesions often stay more or less unchanged for a few days. Another clue is how deep the lesion is. Pimples and folliculitis burrow more deeply, whereas herpes lesions tend to be quite superficial; the one can be considered to be "in" the skin, the other "on" the surface of the skin. This isn't hard and fast, however.
Bottom line: My best guess is that you don't have herpes, but that's all it is -- an educated guess. But I hope this helps.
Regards-- HHH, MD
This doesn't sound like herpes. However, if you are at risk -- e.g., recent new partner or sex with someone known to have genital herpes (or you received oral sex recently from someone believed to have oral herpes) -- you should see a health care provider and not rely on this advice to know for sure whether or not you have it.
HSV lesions usually are not "hard" and generally progress within 4 days from a superficial bump to blister to open sore. However, pimples, folliculitis, sebaceous cysts, fibromas, and other sorts of genital skin lesions often stay more or less unchanged for a few days. Another clue is how deep the lesion is. Pimples and folliculitis burrow more deeply, whereas herpes lesions tend to be quite superficial; the one can be considered to be "in" the skin, the other "on" the surface of the skin. This isn't hard and fast, however.
Bottom line: My best guess is that you don't have herpes, but that's all it is -- an educated guess. But I hope this helps.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Oops...I meant LABIA minora :)
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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.
