How can u tell the difference?? i have a bump [red, doesnt wanna pop, hurts a little] in my pubic area [on my left side right when my vagina lips starts, %26amp; next to the opening of the vagina] i didnt shave for awhile and then i did recently and then this appeared. i havent had sex in over year, ive been tested, but who knows if i got tested for EVERYTHING? i mean isnt that why u get tested, for EVERYTHING? how do u know u have it if u dont get tested. anyway i havent had sex since..anyone know what this is? i also have one thats smaller...but the bigger one doesnt wanna pop, and if i try it turns red and hurts..please tell me what this is!?!?! im paranoid
How can u tell the difference between Blisters and Ingrown hairs? Probably an ingrown hair. I hate those. %26gt;:O
How can u tell the difference between Blisters and Ingrown hairs? Usually with ingrown hairs, you can see the hair underneath the bump.
How can u tell the difference between Blisters and Ingrown hairs? This could be a bartholin cyst which is basically a plugged oil gland. This can be treating by sitting in a warm/hot bathtub or applying warm compresses. It will eventually come to a head and with GENTLE pressure, it will break open. Do not squeeze because this can drive the infection deeper into the tissues, actually make it worse and then you will have to have it lanced open to drain. Blisters have a clear yellow watery substance on the stop of the sore, ingrown hairs have a tiny, pus filled bump.
How can u tell the difference between Blisters and Ingrown hairs? In Orange County, NC, they will not test you for herpes unless 1.) they specifically see an outbreak that appears to be herpes or 2.) you ask for them to test you for it. The free test for herpes they administer at public health clinics here can only be administered if there is something that appears to be herpes on the skin--it is a topical collection of cells. There is a *blood* test for herpes that apparently is somewhat expensive, as it is *never* offered at public health clinics in NC that I know of, but you can go to a private health care provider and ask for it specifically. The blood test is the *only* way to determine if a person has herpes when there is no visible outbreak on the skin.
Standard public health STD disease checks include gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia. In NC they will ask if you want an AIDS test. In NC it's not especially a good idea to have the AIDS test, because your confidential results are *not* anonymous. It will be better for you to purchase an AIDS kit and test yourself to protect your privacy in NC. There is a site in Caswell County that the hiv testing site reports gives free anonymous testing, but it's my understanding that anonymous testing was outlawed in NC in 1996. Some states *do* offer anonymous AIDS testing. It's perfectly fine, and you have no need to be concerned about your privacy if you have *anonymous* testing. Confidential results, however, may be made available to insurance companies, etc. and can have significant impact on a person in other ways. Do a web search for "anonymous AIDS testing" and get the lowdown on the differences and how it can affect your life. In NC, if you score the very rare false positive, it can be trouble for you. These problems do not exist for syphilis and gonorrhea, because they are curable, and pose no major economic threat to the financial well-being of insurance companies, so the non-anonymous, confidential testing for syphilis or gonorrhea have only a positive impact on the population since they eliminate disease and will not affect a person's insurability/hirability/etc.
I'm assuming you are afraid you have herpes. Usually there's more than a single lesion, but not always. If you still have it, call your clinic and arrange a herpes screening asap, since they can only do those tests if there is a lesion present. Non-confidential tests for herpes are not a threat to one's insurability since it is viewed as a nuisance and is decidely not deadly, therefore not a drain on insurance companies.
There is no reason to assume you are automatically being tested for anything when you go to a health care provider. You need to ask what they are doing, you need to tell them what you want, you need to ask questions about health care available. If you're in the US, anyway. Since Canada has socialized medicine, it may well be that they *do* test for everything, as it is in the interest of the health of the country to keep its citizens healthy. Sadly, that's not the ideology of the US..
