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I was "exposed" December 24th (the guy is acting oblivion to it all). During sex, I felt dry and figured it was a yeast infection so I used tea tree oil. 2 days later, I traveled to my parents house where it was cold. I had flu like symptoms that lasted for like 4 days. Maybe like a day after,  i feel pain in my butt Crack from wiping (I couldn't feel it any other time). I figured the tea tree oil had burnt me. At this point I had a raging yeast infection that itched. I started googling different stds that causes inch and herpes came up. I saw other symptoms of herpes so I said hmmm I wonder is that a sore in my butt. I open my butt and saw the picture I attached. I hoped that it was the tea tree oil that burnt me but still went to get tested (10 days after exposure). I took the blood test and swab. The blood work came back negative but I did have a yeast infection. The swab came back "inconclusive". The sore healed but now I have a pimple like bump on my butt cheek. It doesn't hurt at all. I only knew it was there because of just rubbing my butt. I never get butt acne so this was a little different/weird. Could this be herpes? First picture is the sore, second is how it looks healed, and third is the bump on my butt that just appeared yesterday 

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Hi @Eureka123 and welcome to the website.

I hope I can out your mind at ease by suggesting that the combination of the pictures, the location and the symptoms you describe are not at all suggestive of herpes. There is no reason to suspect a herpes infection here.

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27 minutes ago, WilsoInAus said:

Hi @Eureka123 and welcome to the website.

I hope I can out your mind at ease by suggesting that the combination of the pictures, the location and the symptoms you describe are not at all suggestive of herpes. There is no reason to suspect a herpes infection here.

HI there thanks for welcoming me! Can I also mention that I have been having some sharp pain in my leg and also pelvic cramps. Thoughts? 

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3 minutes ago, Eureka123 said:

HI there thanks for welcoming me! Can I also mention that I have been having some sharp pain in my leg and also pelvic cramps. Thoughts? 

They do not sound like symptoms of herpes. 

The key symptom of a herpes infection are lesions at the site where the virus entered the body. Hence you do not get a lesion on your butt cheek region only if you happened to have been infected from vaginal or even anal sex.

Other symptoms are usually related to the immune response to the herpes infection. Without lesions though, these symptoms can emerge as the result of any viral or bacterial infection.

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2 minutes ago, WilsoInAus said:

They do not sound like symptoms of herpes. 

The key symptom of a herpes infection are lesions at the site where the virus entered the body. Hence you do not get a lesion on your butt cheek region only if you happened to have been infected from vaginal or even anal sex.

Other symptoms are usually related to the immune response to the herpes infection. Without lesions though, these symptoms can emerge as the result of any viral or bacterial infection.

Perhaps it's some other infection. I want to know that information if it is. I also have a similar bump on my scalp in my hair on head. These little bumps seem to just be popping up everywhere (I'm sure you can't spread it to your hair scalp, right?) I pray it's not herpes but I plan to get tested again when I have my next sexual encounter but that won't be any time soon. 

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Update for anyone who needs it I tested negative on the igg at 0.069. This is about 5 weeks after my sexual encounter. It's very low, so I'm gonna put this to rest. Thanks for the support 

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