I don't know what to do..
About two months ago I had sex with my new boyfriend and the condom came off and we didnt notice, I wasn't too worried about it because I'm on birth control and had just had an STD test done two weeks before that was negative for everything. Then three days later I woke up and had an intense itching, burning, rash all over my vagina and upper thighs near my vagina, accompanied with discharge and painful urination.. I went to a planned parenthood clinic and the doctor took a culture for herpes which came back negative, told me i had vaginitis and a skin infection from shaving and gave me antibiotics after only seeing me for twenty minutes, no urinealysis was done or additional blood tests. Eventually everything cleared up and was okay but the past few days I've had discharge again, a very hard time peeing, and by today the rash has come back (and is very very painful this time.. i can't even lay down without it burning and being in extreme discomfort.) I went to a gynocologist and she told me I have a UTI, she thinks I have PID, and possibly herpes and I'm scheduled to go back on Monday and have blood work done and for her to reevaluate me but considering the outbreak I'm having and the fact that it's reoccured she's pretty sure i have herpes.. Can anyone with this condition verify similar symptoms or a way to manage them? i don't know what to do i'm just in so much pain and really scared, i'm only 18 this isn't really something I'd ever though of happening.. could it be anything else.. my bumps have little white heads at the center and aren't crusting or bleeding or breaking the skin to my knowledge.. i get staph a lot from my work could i have gotten it "down there"? how long will this out break last? what should i tell my new boyfriend? could it have been trigger by sex or my period because i had sex right before the first one and just had my period right before this one? Any advice or thoughts would be helpful to me i'm just so swollen and sore i need a way to manage over the weekend.
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Q: I don't know what to do?
Been there, done that. I was in so much pain when I got my first outbreak, I coudn't even sit, I had to lay down with my legs apart. My dr gave me pain medication and I just laid low for about a week. There is no ointment for the blisters (so far that I know of) You can take a warm not hot hot bath, avoid bubble bath, just a nice water soak, don't rub too hard to dry, just gentle pressure, you can try a bit of corn starch but really, pain medication and rest, good nutrition will help you get through this. You HAVE to tell your bf and by the way, he had it first and hasn't told you my dear. That's what mine did, he didn't think he had it, he even went to the dr and was told it was athletes foot. When I got the blood test, my dr said this was my first exposure and when I told him what my bf's dr told him, he said, no, athletes foot doesn't have blisters in clusters. The BIGGEST factor you can control is your stress levels. You just got a new bf, there are all kinds of self induced stressors we women put on ourselves such as all those "new bf" type emotions that are so raw in a new relationship. So, take some tea, tylenol and a warm bath, go to the dr and don't take no for an answer until you get treatment.
Hope this helps.
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