Hi,
I hope someone can help... I have had these white spots all over both of my labia minora. They did not hurt, it just felt a bit uncomfortable and slightly itchy. I went to my obgyn because I was so worried, I thought it was herpes. He told me it didn't look like herpes at all but had no idea what it was. A few days later it disappeared. 3 month later I did an IgG combined blood test for HSV 1/2 and it was negative. I was happy and sure that I don't have herpes. But I started worrying again so I did a IgG test for HSV2 and the combined one too. It was still negative. I read that the HSV 2 IgG test misses about 8% of the infections... I'm so depressed because I still think that I have herpes but can't get diagnosed. I have been feeling so sad for months... Now I can't even sleep or eat..
It really does look like HSV to me.. I couldn't find anything else on the internet what it looked similar to my "rash"...
So do you think this looks like herpes? Or do you have any ideas what it could be or how I could get a diagnosis? I still have redness down there quite a few times...
My boyfriend says he is sure that there's nothing but I'm so scared to infect him with herpes or anything..
I'm 19 and we are together since we were 17. I've had 2 sexual partners before. I assume he also.
I hope anyone can tell me what to do.. I've felt like my life is over for the past months..
Thank you for reading my long story!
If you had herpes, I would expect one of the blood tests to come back positive - It would be insane and very unrealistic if you got a false negative twice. Have these areas ever been swabbed? That is the MOST reliable way to diagnose HSV 1 or 2. As for other things it could be…When I get a particularly bad yeast infection, I get sores pretty similar to this and while it’s not a super common thing, it does happen so that’s definitely something to look into also.
Thank you so much for your answer!
Unfortunately the area has not been swabbed because my gyno was sure that it wasn’t herpes.