Question:
im about to turn 19 i graduated this year, my life is just beginning and i think im beginning it with herpes...i think i got it from this girl i met and started dating about 7 months ago. i thought at first that i just had an ingrown hair or two on my penis. they showed after i had sex. so i pulled the hair out(the sores were always in a folicle) but just recently after i pulled the hair out it swelled up and turned red around it. it doesnt have alot of little bumbs or anything like that its just one swollen sore. i thought i may have ripped my skin when pullin out the hair and thats why it swelled and turned red but the more i read up on it the more i doubt my first thoughts. i need women in my life. i feel like im nothin without them. i want to get tested but im scared of the results. tell me whats best.

Answer:
PLEASE, PLEASE GO GET TESTED, YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE IRRITATED THE SKIN AROUND YOUR PENIS, BUT NOT KNOWING AND THEN GIVING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE OR EVEN HAVING IT AND NOT KNOWING IS BAD ENOUGH. PEOPLE OUGHT TO HAVE THE CHOICE WHETHER THEY WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS HERPES, AND IF YOU YOURSELF DOESN'T KNOW, HOW WILL THEY GET THE CHOICE? LIFE IS NOT OVER, I PROMISE. I KNOW. I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 3 YEARS TO A WONDERFUL MAN, WHO DOESN'T HAVE HERPES AND I TOLD HIM THE FIRST NIGHT I MET HIM, THAT I HAD HERPES. KEEP THE FAITH. GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!

Answer:
That doesn't sound like herpes sounds like you got that bumb infected I have done this my self. Herpes usually looks like a patch of blisters either whitish in color or slightly yellow when you are in a full outbreak. Now I have had those, but now mine are more like red bumbs that turn into scabs. You need to go to a doctor and have it looked at don't be scared. And always use condoms with everyone until both partys are tested for STD's. I didn't use a condom with one person and thats how I got it. If you got herpes its not the end of the world its only a rash and HIV. THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL USE A CONDOM!! Go see a doctor right away and have it looked at before it heals up, so they can have it tested its the most reliable way.