I Thunk I Have Herpes?

Okay, so there's this bump thing on my left DOWN THERE lip. It's on the outside, not inside the folds or whatever. It's towards the top, next to my clitoris. And it started out kinda bug and round and had white, like, bubbles sorta on top and I thought it was like ingrown hairs or something, so I squeezed at it. It didn't hurt at this moment in time, so I didn't think anything was up. I felt like little pops and stuff when I squeezed, but nothing happened, so I left it alone. But... The next day it had turned greenish yellow on top where the white bubble like things we're and it hurt like you wouldn't believe! Anything brushed against it, burning stinging awful pain. I've had little white bumps down there for a couple months, and had this kind of tearing feeling everytime I had sex for just as long, and did some Googling and figured it was herpes but wasn't sure. Then the big bump with awful, awful pain. I've been tired way more than usual, any move I make hurts the thing, and now I'm almost sure it is in fact a first outbreak of herpes. I have been told that testing for herpes involves needles, and I absolutely canNOT do that, I have a needle phobia, and I mean bad. I've had to be strapped down to a hospital bed for an IV to be put in me after a near death car wreck bv I had a panic attack when I saw the needle, I absolutely hate them. So what do I do? Amy help please???

~Female, 19

You get to a doctor immediately and ask for a swab/culture of the sore before it begins healing...no needle involved!

If you have lesions, then the test is a swab of the lesions, which is actually the best test to do when symptoms are present. Get it swabbed asap for the most accurate results. If the lesions are gone, then you can only get tested by blood until the next outbreak, if you ever get one and assuming it's even herpes. Sounds like it could be a bacterial infection, what with the green colouring, but hard to say.