Terrified this might actually be herpes ...Help please

Sexual health
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Ive been with my husband for over 12 years and had 2 relationships before this.

For as long as i can remember I've had what i thought was an allergy to sanitary towels as whenever I'd wear them for a few days during my period I'd end up with little sore blisters in my pubic hair. For years i mostly used tampons due to this and luckily only had 3 periods a year due to pcos.

I've recently had a baby and from having to wear Towels for weeks post birth I've had another patch of blisters appear. This time they are more painful than usual so i googled what i could do to ease the pain and a lot of search results have mentioned genital herpes and now I'm terrified that for all these years i thought i had an allergy or irritation when I've actually had herpes.. I'm also worried i could pass it to my baby or worse that i already have and I'm scared out of my mind.

I don't know how to upload a picture but i do have one.

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Hi,

Sorry to hear about your experience must be very worrying as you have just had a baby. If you have the sores still now the best and most accurate way to test for herpes is to get a culture swap as soon as possible the longer you wait the less accurate the test is. Also you can get blood test the igg one this shows if you have the antibodies for the virus. If you have had the virus for longer than 3 months then the antibodies will show up in your blood.

It is strange that you only got the blisters when you wore sanitary towels, it's either you could be allergic, as with herpes the outbreaks are meant to be less servere over time (well with hsv1 which I have) or you could have herpes so go get checked as soon as possible!! Let me know how you get on. Fingers crossed for you. X

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Go get your blisters swab tested for herpes asap, before they start to heal. That's the only way to really know what they are.