I have problems with sweating (blame genetics) and I often sweat like during marching band practice. Often I would chaff and around the outside of the chaffed area would be red, painless flat bumps. They pop up when I don't use gold bond or a lotion to help with the chaffing.The question is, I'm afraid its Herpes. But I'm thinking its I'm prone to heat rashes and chafing, since I seem to develop them after getting extremely wet, sweaty, and hot outside. They don't hurt, no pus comes from them, but they came back tonight (I went out to eat and I was wearing thick clothes that made me sweat).I've thought about getting an STD checkup, but I'm scared of asking my regular doctor. He tends to want to tell my grandmother everything that he diagnoses me with. When I get my license should I go to the Health Department or something and get checked up on?
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Heat Rash or Herpes
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sounds like it's just from the heat and sweating
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It sounds like a heat rash to me.
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are you sexually active in any way? sounds like heat rash, but if you're fooling around, could be an STD.instead of waiting for your license, can't you take a bus or a taxi?p.s. it is illegal for your doc to tell grandma (or anybody) about your medical status. if my doc did that i would call the medical review board in my state and report him.
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Maggie - in a way yes and no. I'm more like sexually inactive, but I've engaged in experimenting last year which led me to not want to experiment any more. It could be herpes, but the heat rash every time it comes ( I havn't got it in two weeks since I've been using Gold bond ) it always surrounds the area where I usually chaff. In my city, theres no buses just cars mainly. If its herpes ( I'm not fearing the worst ) then a month can wait until I drive on my own.I know I sound confusing but I'm just hoping that its a good coincidence that I'm experiencing heat rash, since it appears when I get hot and sweaty from band.The heat rash never goes onto my penis or anus, just on my thighs. Not scabby or anything, just red and bumpy.Does anyone know of any good resources for heat rash photos?(sorry for the blabbing on and on)
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Google image search on heat rash
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I tried that already, but I can't find any decent photos of what I'm looking at 'down there'. They disapear every few days and they came back today after humid, sweat marching band practice.They're like red bumps, with a darker red middle in some and spread out about four inches on my thighs. This is like the forth time I've had them, but if it were Herpes I'd expect some on my penis, burning while urinating or pain near the bumps and longer healing time. Am I misleading myself? One of my buds gets them on his butt cheeks, and they looked like the ones I get on my legs. He said his was heat rash too, unless we both have Herpes.
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if they are happening THAT often, then i pretty much doubt they are herpes. but you should still get a swab done when they are there just to be sure and put your mind at ease.
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They would happen about every day at band practice until i was smart enought to use gold bond. I'm pretty sure it isn't herpes either, but next time I go in for a doctor's visit I might inquire... maybe I would be able to swallow my pride. My doctor looked at me for a fungal infection 'down there' a few monthes ago, and it was treated and cured so maybe I'm just prone to stuff happening to me. :-/
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funny, i forgot to mention in my last post that my husband uses gold bond daily. he gets "schwetty balls" (one of my favorite saturday night live skits...)
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Yeah Sweating is hell down there.