I'm a 50 year old male.  In August of last year I had an STD panel at the request of a partner - all clear except for HSV-1 which I have had on my lower lip since my teens.  My partner was also  free from STIs.  Aside from her, I have only had sex with 2 partners since the STD panel, and always properly using a condom.

Fast forward to last month, on Friday, March 15 I had protected sex with a new partner - I do not know her STI status.  Very briefly, before donning the condom, she rubbed on the shaft of my penis with her genital area - maybe for 10 seconds.

Ten days later, on Monday, March 25, I was at my dermatologist having a mole checked out on my back.  She pointed out a cluster of 16 red dots roughly in a circle about 2 inches in diameter, a 2-3 inches above my right buttock.  She said "I think you have some kind of bug bite going on here."  The red dots are round, maybe 1.5 mm to 2 mm in diameter, have never appeared full of fluid, and have not blistered, but are still visible today.  They never really itched.  I don't think I would have noticed them at all had she not pointed them out.  Today, two weeks after the dermatology appointment, they are starting to fade away.  A master of self-diagnosis, I just found out on the internet about sacral herpes.

Could this be an outbreak of sacral HSV-2?  I never had any symptom of any kind in my genital area. Could a first outbreak of HSV-2 happen within about a week of exposure, but only on my lower back?  How likely would that be?

Thanks in advance for your response.

I doubt that you have genital HSV 1 because you have oral HSV 1

Also, if you have a newly acquired  HSV infection, it would show up in the location that was expose - in your case, your penis.  With both of you testing negative (and I assume she was also tested for HSV), I think these dots are unlikely to be HSV

Terri

Terri

I think, based on your previous communication, that you meant "would not result in a new infection that presents on your lower back."  If that's correct, then you have fully answered my question and can close this thread.  Thanks again for all you do!

Terri