Is this herpes?

[u635ghy]

Around a month ago, I had vagina sex (in which condom broke) and unprotected anal sex. A week later I experienced bleeding between periods, pressure in my abdominal area and lots of pain in my vagina that started with a dull ache. A week later it was vaginal shooting pain and a couple weeks later- vaginal pins and needles (they are ongoing). Also for a month I have been experiencing flu-like symptoms like dull aches in my legs and chest. I also had a tingling feeling in my bum which prevented me from sleeping at times. I occasionally still have that feeling. I had a full STI screen which came back negative for HIV, Trich, MG, Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea

I have not tested for herpes as there are no lesions to swab and blood work can only be done after several weeks. I have taken some antibiotics recommended by a doctor as he thought it could be Pelvic inflammatory Disease, however, after taking the antibiotics I still have vaginal pain and anal discomfort. I read in women’s health magazine that tingling, dull aches in pelvis, flu like feelings and aching could be signs of herpes – but I haven’t had a visual outbreak of sores and its confusing for me

I know I have to wait the incubation period before I get blood work done and can know for certain – but thats several weeks away and my anxiety is through the roof – so much so that it’s effecting my sleep. I know from a hunch that whatever i have was directly brought about by the sexual encounter. I don’t know if after I took the antibiotics I simply caught a yeast infection as these can be brought on after their usage. But that doesn’t explain the pain I was feeling before I took them

Should I have had a visible outbreak after a long period of vaginal tingling and pain, flu-like aches and anal discomfort because it might not be possible to just have the prodrome and not the genital blisters/sores. And also the symptoms shouldn’t last more than a month? I have been checked by several doctors and have no visible sores

[Terri Warren]

Dull ache in the pelvis and general aching and tingling with no sores are not symptoms of herpes. And herpes symptoms don’t normally last more than a few weeks. I think you could do a preliminary IgG test at 6 weeks out and see what you get.

Terri

[u635ghy]

Thank you so much Terri. From your educated guess, what would you believe the dull aches in my legs and breast/chest could potentially be? (i know they are flu like symptoms but I didn’t have any cough/sneezing headaches so i guess it could be stress/maybe another infection). Like you said herpes symptoms don’t last more than a few weeks and these have been constant for more than that period of time.

The anal sexual encounter was not consensual and I felt violated afterwards. For days after (even until now) I feel a lot of stress and extreme anxiety; so could stress and anxiety cause my body pains for so long.

Also, maybe could the rough non-consensual experience cause vaginitis/anusitis. As well as doing a preliminary IgG test at 6 weeks, is there anyway to find out/treat possible causes of my continued vaginal pain/tingling and discomfort in my bottom.

[Terri Warren]

I have no idea why you might be having these symptoms, no.
I’m so sorry this happened to you and I wonder how much of your symptoms are related to anxiety – our bodies can react in so many ways to a stressful event. I remember when my mother died, my chest hurt so badly for weeks I was sure I was having some major heart event. But it was just grief and anxiety and stress and eventually, with the passage of time, it went away. I hope your symptoms will as well.

Terri

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