Painful Bumps on Genitals - Could it be herpes?

MJDancer · Newbie Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 1

I'm 17 years old and I've never been sexually active. When I was younger (maybe 10 or 11) I would get painful lumps on my armpits. They were hard and red, and never had a head or anything of that sort. They would just appear and fade away. My doctor at the time told me not to worry about it, that it was probably irritation because of shaving/deoderant/hair/sweat etc. Ever since I was maybe 14 I noticed them appearing on my genitals every once in a while as well. The most I've ever had at once was 2. Exactly the same as under my arms but I'm still worried. Is this some sort of STD?

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I'm 15 and I've also never been sexually active. When I was younger, I never had any genital lumps or sores, but recently I see some scattered bumps on my external genital where my shaving site is but they also don't have heads and aren't big at all. I also have (much less of them) some under my arms (pits) where I shave as well. I'm wondering if it's just razor burn or if it could be herpes. This is the first time I'm seeing them on my genitals though, and I've seen them before on my underarms prior to the ones on my external genital. If it goes away completely on my genital, could it still be herpes?

Charming_shrew · Posted: 01/31/08 - 23:19 Post subject:

Okay lets get some things straight about herpes first.

Herpes can be transmitted through skin to skin contact of any kind. This includes oral sex as well as vaginal and anal sex. Also, dry humping without a condom etc can cause transmission too. Often oral sex transmits herpes because cold sores (the herpes virus) on your mouth are transmitted to the genitals.

Sores on your genitals that are painful need to be looked at by a medical professional. There is no reason that you should suffer in pain.

If you have not had ANY type of sex AT ALL then there is no chance that it is genital herpes.

Good Luck.

Painful Bumps on Genitals - Could it be herpes?

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