Guys what is this my doctor said it was Paronychia but google is telling me it’s a herpetic whitlow

Sexual health
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this is how it started


this is how it looks now


please help this is stressing me out

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For starters dont freak out. Its pretty much inevitable that we all will contract herpes in one form or the other at some point in our lives.

Did the doctor drain it? What is the hole in the center of the first photo from?

Have you fingered anyone recently or been putting your fingers in mouths?