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My doctor thinks I have Herpes. I've had symptoms like fever, sore throat, and itchy hurty bumps on my clit. But I've never had any sort of sexual contact whatsoever! I don't even have a boyfriend!!! How can I have Herpes? How??? I'm too young (16) and freaked out. :(

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Why does the doctor think you have herpes? At 16 why are you having genital exams if you are not sexually active?

Just curious,

Angela :wink:

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Why does the doctor think you have herpes? At 16 why are you having genital exams if you are not sexually active?

Hi Angela,

Actually, ALL young ladies should have their first pap smear/exam by the time they are 16. Whether they are sexually active or not!! Some even earlier for a variety of reasons (history of ovarian/cervical cancer in the family, problem with their menses, cysts, etc.) I had my first pap at 13, because I had HORRIBLE menses and they were not sure what was wrong with me. By the time I was 15, I was on the pill, not because I was sexually active, but because they wanted to regulate and control my cycle. PLUS, my grandmother had ovarian cancer (and hysterectomy) at 32......

so 16 is not strange at all to have a pap. What I am always concerned about is why a young person like this thinks (or there doctor thinks) they have genital herpes, especially if they are NOT sexually active?!!? :?:

So yeah hun, why do the doctors think you have this? The only thing I can think of is if you masterbated, and you had touched your mouth prior to doing so...and if you get coldsores.....maybe you spread it? I dunno.....

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Ouch ~

I suppose we both may have it wrong..

PAP SMEAR: An exam that a doctor or nurse gives a female. They are looking to see if her CERVIX is healthy. The doctor or nurse scrapes cells from the cervix and then looks at them under a microscope. This doesn't hurt. Cells that look unhealthy could be a warning of cancer or a cervical infection, but not always. A woman should have one done every year once she starts her period.

http://www.iwannaknow.org/glossary/j_q.html#P

I still want to know why the doctor thinks she has herpes.. as do you.

Angela :wink:

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Maybe I'm not wrong after all.. lol OR maybe you and I are both right. :D

Women should start having Pap tests three years after they have vaginal intercourse or when they become 21 years old ? whether or not they have had vaginal intercourse. Talk with your clinician about how often you should have periodic GYN visits and exams.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/women-health/gyn-exams.htm

Angela :wink:

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Maybe I'm not wrong after all.. lol OR maybe you and I are both right.

Women should start having Pap tests three years after they have vaginal intercourse or when they become 21 years old ? whether or not they have had vaginal intercourse. Talk with your clinician about how often you should have periodic GYN visits and exams.

hahahaha! No wonder we are all so confused! hahahaha! :lol:

I had always been told by ob/gyns that a young lady should start seeing a gyno around 15/16 years old, even if she is NOT sexually active. (because of things like abnormal cells/potential cancer and other female problems....or none at all.) usually a few years after she has her first menses. All my sisters went at about 16, and like me, they were not sexually active either. But I also know that there seems to be a different protocol in each state as well.

And absolutely , if a young lady IS sexually active, she should hightail her fanny into a gyno asap!

But I am still totally confused how someone can get genital herpes without being active..... :?::?::?: ideas? Anyone, anyone???

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ah yes....the old Bill Clinton stance...."I did not ...have...sexual...relations...with ...that ....woman...." :roll:

Then later...."oh well indeed I did have an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky...." because apparently, he thought oral didn't constitute as sex. Just like NOT INHALING is NOT smoking weed, right!? HAHAHAHA! :shock:

I thought the same thing, but the only other thing I could come up with is that maybe she had a coldsore, (and doesn't realize that THAT is herpes) touched her mouth, then touched herself down below? I know the likelihood of that happening is rare, but heck, anything is possible.

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