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Home / Answered Questions / I am sixteen years old and have only been sexually active for a few months, we were both virgins when we met eachother. I started showing symptoms about a week ago. My clitoris is very sore, to the touch, and to walk, or sit. And it hurts extremely bad to urinate, it’s really hard to wipe as well. I just found out today that my boyfriend carries the herpes virus, he gets like two cold sores a year. And we are both very worried and not sure what to do :(

I am sixteen years old and have only been sexually active for a few months, we were both virgins when we met eachother. I started showing symptoms about a week ago. My clitoris is very sore, to the touch, and to walk, or sit. And it hurts extremely bad to urinate, it’s really hard to wipe as well. I just found out today that my boyfriend carries the herpes virus, he gets like two cold sores a year. And we are both very worried and not sure what to do :(

Hi

The best thing to do would be to see a health care professional who could see what is going on. I know it can be a tough time when you don’t know what is going on and the area is so sore.

It sounds like the area is very sore and there are a number of things that could cause this. For example it could be a yeast infection, urinary tract infection, herpes outbreak etc…

The health care person could probably give you a good idea by just looking at it.

It is possible your boyfriend could have passed the herpes (cold sore) virus to your genital when performing oral sex.

A health professional like a doctor or nurse would need to keep all your information confidential which means they would not share it with anyone else without your permission.

Have a look at our clinic finder for a clinic in your area.

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Health Nurse

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