worried23
Mar 23, 2011, 07:00 AM
I have been getting these bumps they don't usealy hurt until I try to pop them they pop and look sometimes like a pimple I was scared that it was herpies but I have been getting them since I was 16 on and off way before I was sexualy active pluss I haven't given them to anyone oone my husband of 5 years has never had a bump and nothing showed up in my blood tests when I was pregnant so I am at a loss I have no idea what it is I have not went to a doctor in fear what they would say
J_9
Mar 23, 2011, 07:06 AM
Please don't pop them. That only opens the skin and increases your risk of infection. Some infections can be severe such as MRSA.
Blood tests won't necessarily diagnose herpes. Your doctor will have to visualize them and most likely culture them.
If you shave it could be ingrown hairs. There is the possibility that they could also be sebaceous cysts, but only a doctor will know for sure.
Either way, don't be afraid, (I know, easier said than done), but the doctors, and us nurses, have for sure seen worse than what you are experiencing. It's in the best interest of your health, and reproductive health, to have them properly diagnosed and treated if necessary.