Medical Questions > Womens Health > Sexual Health - Women Forum

I Don't Know What It Is

Must Read
20% of the population has or carries herpes simplex virus. But do you know what herpes is? Learn about causes and risk factors for herpes. ...
Do you know the less common signs and symptoms of herpes? Get the facts of herpes symptoms and outbreaks here....
Herpes diagnosis requires proper testing. Learn about the two simple tests that doctors use to confirm a herpes diagnosis....
I don't know if this is herpes or if it's something else, or nothing at all. I have only had sex with one person, but he has had previous partners. I haven't had sex with him in about 3 months and 3 weeks...Just a couple of days ago I noticed one small white pimple type thing down there, just one. Now, the thing is that I shave down there and I heard that shaving can cause blisters because hair follicles can get infected. I am going to get checked on monday, but until then I am worried and was wondering what the likelyhood that it's something wrong. Thanks!
Did you find this post helpful?
|

replied April 29th, 2006
Experienced User
I looked up genital herpes for you in my nursing book, it says: once infected you can harbor the virus without symptoms for months or even years before an outbreak. You may first have itchy, painful, or tender skin in your genital area and swollen lymph glands. Some people also feel ill and have a headache or fever. Painful red blisters filled with a clear fluid burst, ooze, and crust over. The blisters can appear on any part of the vagina, or vulva as well as the inner thighs, buttocks, or anus. So from the sounds of things it sounds more like a ingrown hair to me, from shaving rather than herpes. I know I have had ingrown hairs before and they are awful, and painful. Good luck and I hope everything works out for you!!
|
Did you find this post helpful?

replied May 1st, 2006
Hold on, can a girl get herpes by having oral sex too? Or even if a guy eats her out??
|
Did you find this post helpful?

replied May 1st, 2006
Experienced User
If that person has had a cold sore---yes. Cold sores are .H.I.G.H.L.Y contagious, even if one isn't visible at the time. They are otherwise known as herpes of the mouth. So therefore if the virus gets transmitted down below it is then known as genital herpes... Because it is the same virus, and has no cure.
|
Did you find this post helpful?

replied May 1st, 2006
louiemoneycash01 wrote:
hold on, can a girl get herpes by having oral sex too? Or even if a guy eats her out??


that's how I got herpes - my boyfriend was eating me out and had a cold sore

luckily, though, i've only had one breakout, which is how I found out I had it
|
Did you find this post helpful?

replied May 1st, 2006
Dang
Dang yo, I gotta go see if my girlfriend has herpes now, but other than herpes, are there other diseases like that , that a woman or man can get just from oral?
|
Did you find this post helpful?

replied June 14th, 2006
I need hep I have a red bump in my private area help me plz
|
Did you find this post helpful?