My ex-boyfriend gave me genital herpes.?

I dont know what to do. I recently found out that my boyfriend of 2 years was cheating on me. We broke it off but i ended up metting with an ex girlfriend of his and she told me that he had given her genital herpes. I'm only seventeen, im scared & confused.

I was diagnosed with genital herpes and HPV when I was 17 years old. I had no clue what either virus was! I told my mother that I was having a lot of pain and discomfort (I had no idea it was actually my first outbreak of genital herpes). So, she took me to the doctor and the confirmed it was genital herpes (and a month later they diagnosed me with HPV).

If you are open with your mother and are able to talk to her then ask her to take you to the doctor. Or, if you are able to get there on your own you can always go by yourself. And, if you don't want to go to your regular doctor or you're afraid of your parents finding out you can always go to a local STD clinic or a Planned Parenthood to get tested.

If you don't have any physical sores or blisters they'll most likely give you a blood test. Good luck! Source(s): Personal experience. I have had genital herpes and HPV for 6+ years.

You need to go to a doc and get this checked out and treated and you must inform anyone you have had sex with since that time if you do test positive for herpes. You cannot ignore this so call your doc now and get seen. Once you have a positive diagnosis tell anyone you have had sex with. From here on in no sex without a condom and no male should perform oral sex on you without using a dental dam.
Go and have yourself tested. 17 is way too young to be having unprotected sex. If it does turn out you've got genital herpes, you've got it for life. There's no cure and you risk spreading it to anyone else you ever have sex with for the rest of your life. What an unfortuante lesson to learn.
don't be afraid Genital herpes is extremely common and easily treatable. contact your Doctor for treatments. It could also be a lie that the ex-girlfriend is telling you to keep you from trying to go back out with him
The first thing you need to do is see a women's health care provider to be tested for other STDs.

Then you just have to wait and see. There is no reliable test for herpes except to do a culture of a sore if you get one.
A blood test can indicate previous exposure to both Herpes Simplex type I and type II, but can't distinguish between genital herpes and oral herpes. You could test positive for either type because of a cold sore you had when you were a child. So it's not a useful test.
If you get any kind of sore in your genital area, make an appointment right away, and your clinician can culture it.

So, wait and see, maybe you won't get it. If you do, you are one of many, many people.
There are treatments available to reduce the frequency and severity of outbreaks.

But try not to worry about what may not even happen.
Get tested for all the other stuff, always use condoms, and hope for the best.

Planned Parenthood will see you confidentially, but you probably need an appointment. They have special rates for teens.

I'm adding this later -- there are so many mean, ignorant people, I can't even believe it.
Calling you names and telling you your life is over! They don't know what they are talking about.
About 15% of the population has had genital herpes. Many of these people rarely ever have an outbreak, like maybe every 5 years or more. People who do have frequent outbreaks can control this with medication.
Congenital herpes in infants is extremely rare, almost unheard of, because (again) it can be controlled.

You are going to get through this, and you will be fine.
I am a midwife in a public health center.
email me if you have some more specific questions