Okay I'm 17 and I've had these 4 or 5 red itchy irritated bumps that hurt and it burns. I went to the doctor the other day and she said it was herpes. I couldn't believe it. I haven't had sex with my bf in 2 weeks and he's negative for any STDs so this just doesn't make sense to me. The discharge papers from the hospital says BV, herpes and then something about my cervix because the doctor did say my cervix was inflamed really badly. I just don't understand. I've been really depressed and my boyfriend and I are so confused. I just want to know more about this like, can I still be active with him (not during break outs) can we still be the way we used to be before all this? Is it possible it's just BV and I could've been misdiagnosed?
I would stay away from any petting or sex for the time being.
Take a really good multivitamin / mineral tablet,garlic tablet and eat plenty of fresh fruit and drink lots of water.
Your immune system needs boosting to give your body a chance to recover.
You could put some Sudacrem on the spots .
Thank you so much!!
There is no way he is negative. How do you know for sure? Did he show you the test results. Apparently it takes time for the body to produce antibodies from an infected person to test positive. Many people don't have any signs or symptoms and that's why it's spread so easily. Get a blood test several times in a year to find out for sure. I just caught it and it's very painful and disgusting. How in world can I ever have sex with another person again? Just skin contact with someone can give them herpes.
He claims he's negative but no I haven't seen his results. And yeah I'm going to get another test done soon. Hoping for the worst but praying for the best! It just doesn't make sense if he's clean and I'm not you know? But I'm going to have him get tested soon.
Your kind of young to go through something like this. Don't you have a counselor or someone professional to help you sort this out? The doctor can diagnose you by just looking at the sites in question. A culture or blood test will confirm if you have herpes. In my opinion there is not enough being done to educate so as to prevent herpes. It seems if a person wants to have sex it will be a process like have your partner prove he's clean and ask lots of questions. Just because a person is young does not mean they are clean. I know at your age, STD was furthest thing from my mind. Just recently I trusted someone who told me they were clean. Guess what? I got herpes from them with signs after just 3 days! I'm one who has almost all the symptoms and signs, while my sex partner has none apparent! So I'm the first that I know with herpes. How can this be when it's so prevalent? How can something so serious to us be taken so likely by others?
I was 18 when I got it and no, nobody is too young to experience herpes. people can be born with herpes for goodness sake (if the mother has an outbreak during birth) and the herpes virus becomes less active as time goes on, so its almost better that youve 'got it out of the way now' if you like. obviously nobody wants an STI, but if youre going to get one, herpes is something like a tap on the shoulder to be more aware next time because it is not as physically bad for your body as other STIs. its a very superficial virus.
Hey ashhwaay, you boyfriend might have it but not show symptoms, so he never got tested. also did you get a test at the doctors or was it from sight only? because if your boyfriend went down on you and had a coldsore, you could have got herpes type 1 genitally. If it was definitely only from sex than it could be type 1 or 2 (usually 2).
But it is important to clarify because your boyfriend might actually not have anything genitally if he just went down on you.
oh and yes you can have sex when you dont have an outbreak, you might be viral shedding (which your boyfriend must have been going through) so its important to use a condom. its not a 100% guarantee, as you have now found out, but it definitely reduces the chances significantly.
If you now both have herpes, you both dont have to worry aha!
BUT if you have BV that can be serious.. (which I just realised might be was eugine was referring to ^^) then you should refrain from sex until youre clear. Talk to a doctor that specialises in STIs, its really worth it to clear everything up and not misunderstand anything.
I got ghonerea at 17 and all im took was a one time dose of pills. That was it! This herpes hurts all over and I almost can't walk. Last night I thought of dying and was ready to. I'm to old for all this crap and have other health issues to worry about. Now I need to know if it was done to me deliberately or unknowingly. It's important to me there be no other victims.
I have a dear friend ,who is now reciving treatment for cancer.
It all started with herpes and other sexualy transmitted problems.
She is now fighting for her life on her 4th bout of chemo therapy.
Please look after your selves...sex is not everything.
Well my boyfriend and I have done both and I went to the hospital and she looked at it and did a culture but I'm going to the gynecologist next week to get another look. It just all is overwhelming and scary!
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend 
she's in my prayers!
it can be scary dont stress too much. this is just one site as well, there are so many people and professionals and in real life that can help if be the case.
take care and best of luck!
Hi anna sorry to hear about your friend that is very sad I hope she gets through it. That must be really tough
Id just like to clear out though that herpes does not lead to cancer, not in the way you describe it, "it all started with herpes and 'other' sexually transmitted problems".
According to webmd, yes it was found that around half of patients with ovarian cancer had hsv2 but having hsv2 does not heighten the chance of getting ovarian cancer unless the patient also has HPV, in which case yes it can increase it by 2-3 times. However, it is not alone and other factors also increase risk of ovarian cancer such as smoking, giving birth before 20, contreceptive pills can increase it by nearly 4 times, and being sexually active without a condom.
I just wanted to clarify that incase other readers interpreted your sentense as, having hsv2 leads to cancer, which is what I interpreted upon reading.
http://www.webmd.com/genital-herpes/news/20021105/herpes-virus-linked-to-cervical-cancer?page=1
Hello Angelpiece, thanks for correcting my statment ,it was intended more as a warning then missleading any one.
Herpes is such a wide spread problem and it is sad that the younger generations are encountering this so frequently.
What is the answer appart from taking precausions ?
People say and think they are clean , when in fact not. What really also makes me sick are those that know they are infected and continue to have sex infecting others. How can the CDC act like it's just a cold sore when in fact it's so much more?
I mean, if the virus can be passed on through viral shedding even with a condom, people are going to pass it on. people are going to continue having sex and thats not going to change, its not like we can sanction people off to having relationships only with others that have the same virus or other health issues as themselves.