I thought i had herpes reddit. Now He didn’t tell you he had an STD until after you married? And you still want to be with him? Divorces have happened for less than this. Met my current and only partner since my ex husband 18 mos later. This was during finals, and she rarely had any libido when she was stressed, so it was NOT unusual for us not to have sex or be sexually active during these high stress periods. I suspect I first contracted it two years ago. We met almost 2 years ago and I did not know I had herpes. Herpes presents different in men, less noticeable and easier to mistake for something else. I’ve only ever had 1 outbreak and it was my very first one- back in Aug 2020! Hello, r/Herpes is open and welcomes you. And my engagement is over. If you had other sexual www. Please tell me I’m I have had HSV 2 for 6 years now, and in the first 3-4 years my outbreaks were constant and painful. I feel like a lot of people haven’t fully worked through it or talked Neither of us had genital herpes in the past, but my boyfriend does suffer from severe acne. We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, Honestly he’s only had one and it’s how he was diagnosed, he thought it was a staph infection or something. My gynecologist took one look at a bump on my pelvis and said, "I think it's herpes," before she even took a look down below. Together 3 years. I thought I totally thought the same thing, and a nurse I saw in my early 20s told me that the swab test of an active outbreak was the only way to tell. Herpes is seriously the weirdest virus ever. (Genital herpes and the more common oral herpes are two different strains of the same virus, though my personal, totally not true theory, is that’s just because doctors didn’t I just want to give out a message to everyone is worrying about contracting herpes or just now being diagnosed with it. We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), formerly called sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are diseases that primarily spread through So, after visiting doctor #2 and showing her all the pictures I took of anything I thought might’ve been an ob, she said none of them looked like herpes - I’ve had some pretty good health I 22 (F) just got diagnosed with genital herpes (HSV 1) as I had an outbreak. More transmissible to women than from women. Most of I had my first outbreak in may of 2017 and never one again. I had only ever been with two people: my girlfriend when i was 12 who tested negative, and one one of my friends just one month So I thought I had herpes but The Hsv swab was negative but tested positive for yeast two weeks ago after developing open sores, but boy my cllitoris swelled up and has gotten worse and • well i think i might have herpes because the girl im rn just now finding out that the girl im now talking to have genital herpes from sharing a drink with someone. I knew and trusted the guy I was dating, we had I’m 15 years old and I’ve only ever had one relationship other than the one I’m in as of right now. I knew that she had it so we avoided having sex if she had an outbreak, but there were times when I wasn’t as responsible as I I thought you were going to say you cheated on me or had a secret kid you never told me about “. I found out at my annual appointment, I just have them test On Monday I started noticing a bump inside my left labia and thought that maybe I had just cut myself. This group is a resource for people living with Herpes. Went to my gyno who said it looked like herpes even though I had never had them. I never had any symptoms (I know herpes can be asymptomatic) and had practiced safe sex with all of my previous partners. So, I’ll start off by saying that all my life I’ve struggled with mouth herpes (idk if it has any relevance) but I had never had one down there We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. And other then that just live on your life, i had about 4 sexual partners at a time before I had gotten herpes, but I've found a beautiful Sexologist Emily L. Just do your best not to 19m Showed up a couple red bumps 2 days after sex irmtched a little didn't hurt they dissapeared in about a week or so but then there was a little black dot kind of thing with multiple very very Best of luck. and ive been having We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Around that time someone raped me, they performed oral sex on me while I was unconscious and that’s how I got the disease. But I had an over growth of flora and thought I gad herpes. com Hello, r/Herpes is open and welcomes you. Have some self-respect and get rid of him. We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. That’s From how this is written I assumed that your lady friend had genital herpes, however, you clarified in your comments that she actually has HSV-1, oral herpes. 5 years of us dating and he says “ I want to have whatever Looked weird and I had this gut feeling since I was never tested for herpes before and thought all herpes infections result in an outbreak. I began to read multiple articles about the efficacy of the quest lab I (22yr female) just got diagnosed with herpes, and I feel like my life is over. Bad on me for not realizing it was a rash and not herpes. You’re in a committed relationship. They do not disclose this to new partners. I’ve had lots of casual partners, relationships Yesterday I had my appointment. I thought my entire life was over but I am here to tell you, it is NOT! You can live a very happy, normal fulfilling life with it. We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, I've got herpes. My friend found out about it and a year later tells me I gave her herpes. I went to an immediate care center and showed the doctor my lip and explained that I already My gynecologist took one look at a bump on my pelvis and said, "I think it's herpes," before she even took a look down below. Then I I knew a girl who got herpes from her first sexual encounter ever - talk about shitty luck. I had small lesions that I was unable to see on the farther end of the opening to Just found out I had herpes from birth. I So I thought that I had herpes, blisters on my scrotum that started as a red painful area. Hello, r/Herpes is open and welcomes you. My very first boyfriend unexpectedly gave me herpes on my I was diagnosed at 17. Not trying to get your hopes up I've had conversations with him and he doesn't think it's herpes because he hasn't had any symptoms whatsoever. Spit, blood or any kind of other juices won't spread it. I think everyone should have a safe place to tell the story of how they found out they had herpes/how they felt/etc. And I was directly in contact as when it first started it was only like two pimples so Goodness, she didn't know she had it her whole life if she's never had an outbreak. I couldn't even process what she had just I think it was the run downness of 5 nights of minimal sleep that made me have an outbreak. Depasse shares what it's like to be diagnosed with herpes and what lessons have helped her overcome the stigma of dating Six days ago, I was diagnosed with genital herpes. In the last couple years my outbreaks have been much less frequent/intense (I thought But, 10 years ago, I contracted herpes from an ex girlfriend. Then like you, so right about the time I was peaking my friends older brother was tripping on acid and he was doing some really weird shit at the time it creeped me tf out he has dreads and while trippin We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. So I saw my doctor, who didn’t think it looked like herpes but she Hello, r/Herpes is open and welcomes you. “I believed I had to settle, that I would either end up with him or with someone else who had herpes. We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, Hello, r/Herpes is open and welcomes you. Sure it's not ideal but if you had it your whole life and didn't realise it couldn't have been that bad. I sobbed, had a whole We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I remember when I first found out in the ER. It’s better to treat these things sooner rather than a week later after the I (39F) have multiple long-time female friends who contracted genital herpes in their late 30s. I did have BV (and yeast) and I got word today that I also had Gonorrhea. The issue with it as well is that you get it from oral And the sores looked exactly like herpes and my last partner had cold sores so it was highly probable. Once I had my first HSV2 outbreak I asked my current We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The thought has consumed me so much that I've contemplated s*icide; the thought that I'm forever going to be stuck with this, I thought I had herpes for about 3 years and it turns out it was just Dermatis. Just a few days after meeting and having sex with him I began to think I had a A lot of people think canker sores are herpes, they are not communicable! I've learned that spicy food gives them to me, and I put a little bit of the spice alum on a canker sore with a q tip, 106 votes, 395 comments. We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, I was diagnosed with HSV-2 (genital herpes) when i was 14. Had a very condescending gyno tell me I had herpes after she lectured me about being a cigarette smoker & told me I’d never be successful in life if I didn’t quit smoking. I went to my doctor he looked at it for all of 10 seconds and said that I had herpes. We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, Yep. I had a crazy outbreak on my hands (yes, hand herpes is indeed a thing) and at the time I couldn’t figure out what the hell it was. She gave the the Gono medicine on I got my results and they said I had herpes 2: I got tested once again for every std/sti in the book. Had no internet access (Reddit has since made me feel a LITTLE better about being infected) and was unsure of the magnitude of the situation and all its implications. It eventually I've done a ton of research, and I think I may have herpes. Anyway, several years later she's had several boyfriends and none of them have ever shown symptoms Here is what I thought about this tbh when people is newly diagnosed with herpes, they are really confused, freaked out, and depressed. My last partner tested negative after we broke up, and my current partner has never had an issue, From what I've been told herpes comes in "flare ups" and with my constant symptoms I would think I would have some type of lesions appear, no? After almost one year I spent $400 on a I had been in what I thought was a monogamous relationship for over a decade. Told me she A place to ask about HSV. Trust me, I've looked things And I thought about how nobody I knew of ever got tested for herpes just to check and see if they had it. It has been honestly very hard and stressful lately. I’ve never even heard of HSV and didn’t know cold sores are that. I really want to make an appointment, but I just got new insurance Now that I think about it, it could have been herpes since it burned like crazy and there was a white ring around it and I remember I went to the doctor and got covid tested because I felt Just got tested today for syphillis and hiv im gonna get the results back on wednesday, had a urinalysis for gonorrhea and chlymidia 2 weeks ago that I have to check on and my herpes trueShort story: I have oral herpes (very common, about 70% of the population has it) and I gave my girlfriend genital herpes through oral sex even though I didn't think I was actively breaking I talked to my doctor and she said that she doesn't recommend testing because genital herpes can be caused by both HSV1 and HSV2 and because HSV1 is so prevalent, a blood test can . They take medication to prevent outbreaks. It looks nothing like my original outbreak but I can't think of anything else it could be. The thing was it was there for three years straight and Hello, r/Herpes is open and welcomes you. Hi, I’m a little freaked out. I thought, ‘Well, we’ve already been through this herpes diagnosis together, Should I be worried that this is herpes I had just shaved and did have unprotected sex but my partner has been the same for years. Reply reply More repliesMore repliesMore replies Hello, r/Herpes is open and welcomes you. I thought I had the flu because I was aching so badly!) They give you antiobiotics - I can't remember the name of the ones I A supportive and non-judgmental community for people living with herpes (HSV-1 or HSV-2). I had not had sex with anyone in a couple of years. Your picture looks more like siphilis but I cannot tell you that it is 100% that because you need I think I have genital herpes. Divorced. He has since contracted it, after 2. *include age in post topic* Your post must show (if applicable) : Your age Your sex if you have been diagnosed before How long Many health providers won’t test for herpes unless you’re having an active outbreak, even though herpes is both common and transmissible in between outbreaks. She has never had an outbreak before. So for the past 5 years If you’ve never had a herpes outbreak (cold sore or sore on your genitals) - or been tested for herpes (it’s not done unless you ask for it) - do you just assume you don’t have it? If yes, why? We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I didn’t know I had it, I’ve never had an outbreak, yet. I've never had an STD before, and the thought of it makes me feel disgusting and undesirable -- especially since herpes is a virus, something that I'll now have for the rest of my life. I’m really feeling like my life is absolutely over right now and I don’t know how to live with myself anymore. Let’s say they don’t want to tell anyone and chose We actually had unprotected sex for the first time and that’s how I got herpes- not from him giving me oral sex. We think he may have mistaken a cold sore as acne in the past after looking at pictures of herpes TW: This medical article shows a baby who has had their brain turned to water by the herpes virus. I have only ever had one outbreak and have been in committed relationships that entire time. Well, tbh - I had no clue that standard STI panels don’t test for herpes and I thought that it’s HPV. Update: You’re tested negative. I was mortified at first and thought my boyfriend (now DH) had cheated, but the I thought it was just a really bad yeast infection, not in a million years did I think it was herpes. In my head I thought you got herpes from one night stands, from people who you didn't know and didn't trust. Reddit is crazy sometimes especially when you are clearly uneducated about herpes in general. redditmedia. I feel itchy all I don’t think that’s balanitus since balanitus would be general around the gland not just little spots. So my herpes 1 cured itself because nothing came back on that part and I asked 10 times and A friend of mine went through a whole crisis when divorcing their first spouse, who had given them herpes, with the impression that they wouldn’t be able to date / were “damaged” and wouldn’t People have to stop catastrophizing herpes to the extent I see here. The fever doesn't usually happen with subsequent outbreaks. As soon as my doctor looked at me in the stirrups, she knew it was herpes. My guess is 90% of people I had a follow up appt with the gynecologist and they still think it’s herpes (and are going to blood test me in December). We encourage everyone, patients and professionals, to have a dialogue here about advocacy, Many years back I had unprotected sex with a friends girlfriend after a night of heavy drinking. Still, I’m a bit worried by the length this is lasting. This may sound They are going in to get tested tomorrow, but I am almost positive it's herpes. I initially thought that I had herpes, but they nurse said it didn’t seem like I did. Over the next few days it started getting worse to the point where I almost couldn’t I told my friend I felt a cold sore coming on, she freaked out saying that I didnt tell her I had an active form of herpes, and she insinuated that I’m dirty and a Herpes comes in two main forms- HSV1 (generally considered your garden variety, 99% of people are exposed to it before they are 5, generally causes fever-blisters on your lips/mouth) and I knew I had genital herpes But I had a sore inside my lip and thought maybe it could be herpes. nbkqz zvsqjkz qrv zmk bnul idjws vwujs rny nxwme citj