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Why me! I have a question about possible genital warts or herpes?


I've been married 4 years. Before I met my husband I didn't always use protection with previous men. My ex boyfriend did have warts on his hands, then I got a wart on my hand. I did get it freezed off and no more came back. My question is I noticed I have a bump down there. I went to two, different doctors they both told me it was a ingrown hair and I don't need any blood work taken. My question is I FEEL LIKE IT IS HERPES OR GENITAL WARTS, this is the first time I've even seen this one bump near my vagina lip EVER? What do I do? I've had this bump for almost 2 weeks now.

I don't think I will tell this to ANY I KNOW besides my HUSBAND!

If you shave alot...it is probably just ingrown hairs.
How long has it been in the same spot?
Does it go away?
Does it go away & come back?

A wart does not ever go away unless you freeze/burn it off... an in-grown hair does go away... an in-grown hair comes & goes
Herpes would show up as a small cluster of white blisters - last about a week and goes away - then re-currs in the exact same spot (or very close to it)
There is a blood test for herpes...but it sometimes confuses things - as alot of people have HSV in their bloodstream from kissing granny with a cold sore when they were a kid... so beware the results! The health department is willing to do that for you...
The strain of HPV (warts) that you can catch from hand contact is VERY RARE...but it has happened!
*** Did you TELL Dr#2 that Dr#1 thought it was just ingrown hairs... he could've just been agreeing.

It could be herpes, genital warts, or Molluscum Contagiosum.

The easiest way to discover MC is to check for a small dip or indendation in the center of the small, fleshy pearly bump. This is a std but can be cleared up in 6 months to a year.

Herepes and genital warts are another story. Some say incubation period is 3-6 months. Others say sometimes it can lay dormant for years. It's also possible to be a carrier and not show any signs.

Ease your worry go to a clinic and get checked out..Also have a HPV test besides your pap test. Do not have sex until you have your results...If you do, foreplay by him touching your private parts can pass it on to him..condoms are not 100% safe either....Educate yourself as much as you can

Just go to a clinic like Planned Parenthood and specifically ASK for a full STD screening. Chances are the docs are right, but its always good peace of mind any way. You have to ask for these things sometimes though, regardless of what they "think".

The doctors are right.
It's happened to me before, and i'm not/have never been sexually active. It's okay.

Do you have some reason to doubt BOTH of these doctors?

If you went to two different doctors, and they both gave you an identical diagnosis, then I would trust what they have to say. If you do have genital warts and/or herpes (which is very possible, honestly) then it has nothing to do with your twice-diagnosed in-grown hair. And most importantly, folks on Yahoo!Answers will not do a better job of diagnosing your situation than the last two doctors, who have seen you in person and who are, well, doctors.

If you feel very very strongly about this, then, you can go to a clinic and get tested for herpes and/or genitals warts (although herpes testing wtihout visible symptoms can get confusing.) If so, though, I would not tell them that you want this testing because of your ingrown hair. If you tell them, then they may try to put you at ease and tell you that you don't need testing (just like the last two doctors) because it is just an ingrown hair. (And you don't need testing. It's an ingrown hair.)

Doctors are very good at telling the difference between an ingrown hair and Herpes and Genital Warts. If they said it's an ingrown hair then that's what it is! The hair is probably just ingrown really bad, you may need to lance the bump and try to pull the hair out. Badly ingrown hairs can last quite a while if the hair keeps growing under the skin. Hand warts are completely different from genital warts......People don't get Genital Herpes on their knees right? The virus that gives people Genital warts and the virus that causes hand warts are two different viruses, thus you can't get hand warts on the genitals and vice versa. Seriously,......if your doctors said it was an ingrown hair then trust them.....

Gross and you tell this to people you dont know?

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