Please help. A few days ago I began having a burning sensation on my vaginal area and decided to look down there with a mirror and with a light. There appears to be many tiny skin colored bumps and my skin appears to be red and irritated. I am sexually active and do not always use protection. I fear that this may be herpes, but hopefully not because I recently had sex with my boyfriend without protection and would never forgive my self if I had had an std. I wI'll try to upload pictures once I get onto my computer but if anyone has advice or if this sounds like something please let me know!
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U should go see a doctor asap and get it swabbed. It will be a more accurate test that way. If you are newly infected a blood test won't find antibodies. I now have to wait at least 3 months before i can get an acurate test because i didnt go in time for a swab test. Let us know how u make out and as hard as it is pls stay calm.
Thank you for your response. I am very nervous because the day after I began having symptoms my boyfriend said he has started having a cold- which I hear flu like symptoms can occur after catching this so I hope I did not have it without knowing I have also started taking my mothers valtrex prescription as she gets cold sores on her mouth every once in awhile and have seen no response after 2 days
Did u tell him what might be going on?
This looks exactly like what I had going on. I had redness, itching, irritation and some burning too. I'm thinking it was yeast infection, bc it went away after I used the Monistat 7, but kind of wished I had got a swab test just for piece of mind. I guess if it comes back I'll know. It hasn't been three months since the sexual encounter in question or I'd do the blood test, so have to wait for that. I wouldn't worry too much until you get a confirmation from a dr or test. I saw a gyno and she explained to me that often times with a yeast infection, the skin can get red, irritated and have bumps. As long as you don't see blisters or ulcers, I would think it's bumps associated with the yeast infection. If you end up going to the dr, please let me know what they say. Thanks and I hope it isn't anything more than that!
You didnt mention if you have pain when you urinate , and whether you have flu-like symptoms. Itching and weird skin texture on the mucous membranes are also the early signs.
I hope your lab test come back negative. Good luck .
I do not have any flu like symptoms. The membranes had a almost rough texture on on the first day. There is no pain when I urinate. It is the 3rd day of symptoms and it is only now starting to itch and I have noticed a whitish discharge
I will certainly try monistat and see if that helps or irritates it more thanks! So far no blisters or ulcers I do not think!
In that case, it is very unlikely that you have caught herpes. Because if it is herpes, then you will be having all kinds of pain. malaise , and a very serious flu besides the unbearable urination pain. But you should still visit a GP and find out what it is.
Best to see a doctor and get swab tested.
I really do think this is just a yeast infection doll. Your symptoms are classic for one-redness, itching, White discharge. Try that Monistat 7 (for 7 days) and see if that helps. I really think it will. If you aren't having a fever, feeling of malaise, burning with urination, and unbearable pain, I really wouldn't suspect herpes.