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Genital sores
Genital sores are a clinical finding in which a person has an area of skin that is discolored, painful, or itchy on the penis or scrotum in men or on the vulva, labia, or vagina in women.
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A 18-year old female asked:
What are genital sores?
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A 31-year old asked:
Genital sores after safe sex?
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A 40-year old asked:
How can I treat genital sores/lesions right away?
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A 41-year old asked:
Genital sores + redness = normal after the first time?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can you get genital sores from crohn's disease?
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A 43-year old asked:
What might cause internal genital sores beside herpes?
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A 41-year old asked:
Genital sores after unprotected messing around but no sex?
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A 38-year old asked:
If you have genital sores does that mean you have herpes ?
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A 39-year old asked:
Genital sores after unprotected sex?
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A 29-year old asked:
Are genital sores and genital herpes the same?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have two genital sores as a result of masturbation, how can I treat them {It's been more than a month the wound peeling all the time, but not comple?
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A 30-year old asked:
Genital sores after sex with diaphragm?
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A 36-year old asked:
Herpes (type 1), does this mean i'll get genital sores or just cold sores?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Genital sores look like small canker sores, in random spots. Is it possible that it is NOT herpes & what are the other options?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Lupus currently inactive- I get mouth, nose and genital sores (all same time) now and then. I read those are symptoms, but how common, all 3?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have hsv1, no genital sores. When oral sex is performed on me my husbandand my oral lips burn? Is this the hsv1 or could it be something else?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Is it possible for hsv-1(herpes 1)to show symptoms such as genital sores without prior contact with an infected individual by sexual intercourse? How?
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A 46-year old female asked:
I have herpes, I took acyclovir 3 times, im still have genital sores and between my legs, so irritated and painful, why medicine didnt work?
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A 29-year old asked:
Are genital herpes sores like canker sores on the genital area?
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A female asked:
How to treat genital canker sores? Hi there, I saw my OB on Tuesday. A few weeks ago I had thought I had a UTI but it got better. Well...on Sunday the pain came back and I had a canker sore by my urethra. I have never experienced anything like this before
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A 33-year old asked:
Do you know are genital herpes sores like canker sores on the genital area. I know that canker sores are herpes simplex 1?
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A 26-year old female asked:
What can I use to lessen the pain of genital herpes? The sores are open and it hurts to clean. Help!
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A 37-year old asked:
What is the difference of cold sores and genital herpes appearance?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can Recoveron N cream help to heal hsv-2 sores in genital area?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I just had my first outbreak of genital hsv1 and the sores went away a few days ago but it still tingles am I still as contageous?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Follow up: Dr. Raff -- you said that canker sores do not cause genital herpes. Are canker sores herpes simplex 1 just like a cold sore?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Is it likely genital herpes can be spread when there are no sores?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is it possible to spread type 1 herpes (cold sores) to your genitals?
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A 18-year old female asked:
ARE RASHES AND SORES AT THE SIDES OF GENITAL AREA OF GIRLS,signs of AIDS?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Can you get oral herpes from someone even if there are no sores? And can you spread to genitals if theres no sore?
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