Question: Hello, i am a 23 year old male and i had a recent sexual encounter 17 days ago on nov 23rd in which i used no protection with a new girl. 8 days after the encounter which was on sat nov 30th i noticed 2 red spots on the top of my peanus and blisters on the lower part of my penis head. On monday morning i began to feel a really strong burning sensation but no itching. I went to my general doctor on tues Dec 3rd and he thought it was herpes so he started me on valycovir. I took 2 pills of 500mg every 12 hours . On thurs dec 4th i went for a second opinion to another doctor and since she did not see the red spots she said it could be that the medicine is working or that the spots went away by themselves. I showed her the two blisters at the bottom of my penis head and she said it looked like inflamation not herpes.She prescribed a cream to put on and after 2 days of using it the burning went away.I stopped taking the valocyvir after i saw her. Now there is nothing left and it seems to have fully healed. I am so confused now because i do not know if the valocyr worked or the cream worked. and i want your opinion. I am going to send you pictures so you see the progression.They are not of high quality so please do your best with them since i do not have anymore. Will herpes always come in blisters and will they always pop or could it come like what i had? None of my lesions popped.The red spots on the tip of my peanus just went away. Does valocyr prevent lesions from blistering up and how long does it take for a lesion to turn into blisters? And since i recieved treatment within 4 days of seing the lesions could it have shortened my primary outbreak if indeed it is herpes since i have heard the first outbreak is the worst. I only felt a strong burning sensation but no pain. The fact that the only doctor who saw the lesions thought it was herpes is really driving me crazy. Please help i am very anxious and deppresed.The fact that i am unsure is what is driving me crazy.I am waiting for a herpes blood test result but meanwhile your imput would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

Thank you for your time doctor, I know what papules are. When i say blisters i am reffering to the 2 red ball looking things that appear when my foreskin is pulled all the way back in images 3076 and 3077 under the papules area. And yes the pictures were in order. I know that a first outbreak is usually the strongest and my symptoms cleared up in only a week which could have been due to the drugs and i also applied an antifungal cream to the lesions. Is this normal for an initial outbreak to be over soon? And i did not develop ulcers even before i took the valovycir and that was almost 3 days. And if it were herpes would they have poped or does the medication prevent this from happening? And i am glad the symptoms are gone now but i wanted to know if these lesions looked herpes related to you. Another doctor told me they looked like a candidal infection so i just want to know what your opinion is. Thank you once again and i am sorry if i am repeating myself, its just that i want to know what the chances of me having herpes are.

what i saw is what the picture looks like so maybe im mistaking them for blisters because they should have popped if they were.And im sorry but i didnt quite clearly understand what you said about valovycir clearing up symptoms. Just to be clear so are you saying that valovycir does not usually clear symptoms that quickly since they were very florid as they were in my case or that they can possibly work that fast and leave my lesions fully healed that quickly?. thank you again

I guess that's hopefully a good sign for me since i only took it 3 days before it cleared up so i'm praying it isn't herpes. And yes i will wait for the results. Thank you for your time and help doctor