Please help me, does this look like herpes or something else?

Sexual health
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Hi guys, for a bit of background I’ve recently slept with 2 new partners within a span of 2/3 weeks. Both insist that they have been testing regularly and don’t have any history of herpes (and they both don’t have symptoms) but just this Tuesday I noticed a singular small bump on my labia while shaving. I assumed it to be a pimple at the time and I tried to pop but I ended up shaving over it and I think it turned into more like a lesion or chancre. I started to worry it might be herpes or syphilis but I thought I’d wait and see for a bit if the condition would worsen. Over the next few days I noticed that small, clear blisters would show up and then turn into lesions but it wasn’t until yesterday when it actually started to itch that I really began to believe it could be herpes. I booked for a full STI check this evening but I’m almost positive that it is herpes from the pictures that I’ve seen here but if there’s any other types of STIs that could have caused this could someone let me know so I can be more prepared as well? I’m so sure this is herpes but I’m scared about how a positive result would affect me mentally, it’s causing me a lot of stress. I also noticed a hard lump on my pubic area/groin where the bikini line would be which I also read is a symptom of herpes :frowning: Idk what to do, I’m so beyond frustrated.

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It does look like leisons to me as well and sore lymph nodes are an indicator many experience.

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Hi @tina76704, has your experience been with herpes? I have an updated picture from today and it looks slightly worse.

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Initially it wasn’t very painful unless I grazed off it but now I’m having slight difficulty walking as well.

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im totally sure it’s herpes, I tested positive and had the same exact bumps, and when it was healing it look the same

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100% herpes.

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it does look like herpes.
you mentioned both partners have no history of herpes, but most people with herpes dont know they have it so its a possibility your partners are just unaware they have the virus.

also, its normal to freak out and it does effect your mental health at first… but trust me when i say it gets easier and you adjust to living with it :smiling_face: