I am 16 years old and have been experiencing recent symptoms that fall somewhere in between the typical vulval disease and herpes. The area that is going through excruciating pain and discomfort is my vulval- which I researched and is supposedly the bottom area of my vagina before my anus. A couple days ago I had sex with a very close friend of mine, whom I can assure you is clean and not a sleeze-ball. About three quarters of the way through, it became painful and dry. I assumed this meant I was done, so we concluded our night and went to sleep. I thought it was my last and final day of menstruation; I was no longer wearing a tampon- obviously. And not just for sex but because I was sincerely not bleeding anymore. The next day I woke up with a dry, itchy feeling. I managed to make it through the first day with a trip to the city, a concert, bus rides, and not going to bed until 2am, and for the most part I wasn't letting it get to me. The day after that, I woke up with twice the amount of itchiness, and a small patch of red on the front of my vagina with microscopic bumps. I figured it might be from the pants I was wearing? Thick tights underneath jeans that kept me warm in freezing weather. I really DON'T know. But I am itchy, the dryness is becoming less apparent at this point. The patch of red isn't growing. But i WAS using scented tampons, i was wearing a thong, i used laundry detergent and softer on my cloths in the wash, there wasn't a lot of air circulation to my vagina for 2 days after the sex (wearing leggings). I feel like the patch of red single-handedly eliminated any chance of it just being a yeast infection, or irritation. I am in denial.
Someone help?
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