Eagleville, PA
A 18-year-old female asked:
I had unprotected sex but i also did oral, i have red itchy bumps on my vagina but if it was herpes wouldn't i see it on my mouth too?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

Dr. Robert Shapiroanswered
Specializes in Emergency Medicine
Not necessarily: Herpes usually causes blistering, and the most accurate way to test for this would be for a doctor to sterilely send a sample of the blister fluid itself to a lab for testing. This is a much more reliable test than blood test for Herpes.
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