Suspect I May Have Genital Herpes... Posted: 02-02-07 21:40pm
I'm a 27 year old male, and I have had the
same sexual partner for about 10 years
now. I had only particapated in oral sex
prior to my current relationship, but I
know she had several sexual partners
prior.
In the last couple of months a couple of
times I developed sores on my buttocks,
and I believe once behind my thighs.
They are always single sores, which I
initially thought there were some form of
pressure-related sores, as I am pretty
obese and sit at a computer chair all day
at work and then several hours when I get
home. I can be at the computer at home
for sometimes periods of 3-5 hours,
because I am an avid online gamer.
Anyway, i'm a pretty paranoid person when
it comes to my health, so recently I
started going to the doctor for every
little sympton I had as i'm really trying
to drop bad habits (drinking), and lose
the weight. My most recent doctor visit
was for a tingling/kinda numbness I was
feeling primarily in my knees, but it
feels like it is sometimes in my legs too.
This has been going on for about 2 weeks
now, and during this time I noticed I had
a small sore on my buttock again. I
failed to mention the sores to my doctor,
because I did not yet make the connection
to the tingling feeling in my legs, which
I later read can be a symptom of genital
herpes. He didn't seem to be too
concerned with the tingling feeling in my
legs, but we did an x-ray anyway, which I
have yet to get the results from.
Anyway, the sores are sometimes really
painful mainly because I sit so much, but
most the time they go away relatively
quickly and generally do not rupture, but
do feel soft like they have liquid inside
them. Sometimes they aren't even very
painful at all, and I don't notice them
when not sitting. The couple of times
they did rupture, they started to bleed,
but they never seem white or pus-like as
in a lot of the pictures I have seen. I
do tend to itch a lot on my buttocks, and
the backs of my thighs, but I attributed
that to dry skin or something. I also
have never had a sore on or near my
penis/genital area.
Long story short, my girlfriend has never
had any symptoms, so is it possible that
one of us could have gotten it from a
previous sexual partner even though it was
that many years ago. Then it just now
surface only with myself? Based on what
I have said, does it seem like I may have
genital herpes? I am going to get tested
asap, but I am really stressing out right
now, and could use some insight.
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Color of Paper
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 171 Location: Long Beach, Ca
Posted: 02-02-07 22:18pm
Hi there I wouldnt stress 2 much. First
do you have any acne? Possibly are these
pimples? Many male have acne on other
parts of the body.
Have you changed your diet? New
underwear? New shower gell?
Think of all the thigns you have changed
recently and give it a good thought.
Sometimes it just might link up.
Good idea to see the Dr. Right away.
As for one of you having herpes...Givin
the time you have never had any symptoms
id say you chances are slimmer....But I
still said chance.
I wouldnt worry to much, even if they are
you can get them undercontrol before they
get to your peepee!!
Many people live healthy happy lives with
them so stay up man.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 02-02-07 22:32pm
It's possible. Herpes is funny like
that; most people don't even get symptoms.
Like color, I also wondered if it could
be acne. If you're overweight and
sitting all day, you could be breaking out
on your behind. You should probably wear
cotton undies, as opposed to silk or
anything else that does not breathe quite
as well, if you don't already. Going to
the doctor does sound like a good idea
though. You never know.
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Paranoid79
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Texas
Posted: 02-02-07 23:38pm
After speaking with my girlfriend, she
recently donated blood a couple of months
ago....
That said, considering how long we have
been together, if I had herpes I guess it
would be highly unlikely that she would
not. My question is, when you donate
blood is stds like herpes screened for,
and if so would they tell her? Is it
possible for her to have herpes, and the
blood bank not find it?
Thank you so much for your help thus far.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 02-03-07 00:10am
That's a good question. I actually do
not think that they test for herpes. I
know that people with herpes can donate
blood. Most blood banks will just ask
that they not donate during an outbreak or
if they took antiviral medication within
the last 48 hours. That leads me to
believe that herpes isn't really a huge
deal as far as donating blood is
concerned, so I am thinking that they
might not test for it.
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Paranoid79
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Texas
Posted: 02-03-07 12:42pm
I don't know if I have acne, I am hispanic
with a very dark complexion, so I guess
it's hard to tell. I do often get zits
on my face, shoulders, and back though.
The only thing I have changed recently is
that I was a really heavy drinker (beer
mostly) and I started to really cut down a
few months ago, and have virtually
eliminated alcohol altogether as of late.
I also used to smoke pot fequently, and
have also eliminated that habit as well.
Also, the skin on the backs of my thighs,
inner thighs, and buttocks seems to be a
lot darker/dry than the rest of my body.
I attributed this to scratching so much
back there, for as far back as I can
remember, could this be jock itch or
something along those lines? I used to
have really bad athlete's foot when I was
in high school that still lingers, and I
believe I did have a brief case of jock
itch many years ago that went away
immediately through the use of anti-fungal
cream. I'm just really stressed out
because I won't see the doctor until next
week, and then i'm sure the results will
take forever.
Also, will I possibly get more feedback if
I posted in the std forums, I didn't see
them when I initially made the post.
