Hi everyone, hope this is the right place to ask this.
About 3 weeks ago I noticed I had a stinging, itchy place on the outside of my labia - kinda down in the valley between pelvis and where the labia meet (if that makes sense). Anyhoo, I looked at saw what seemed to be a scratch so I figured I had accidentally caught myself with a fingernail or something (not that I'd done that before, but I didn't think much of it). I slapped some antibiotic ointment on it, but a couple of days later it was still stinging and itchy. More ointment. Still didn't really think much of it, but I've been putting ointment on it for 3 weeks now and it still stings. I feel like if it were "just" a scratch it would have healed by now. I'm mid-40s, sexually active since 18, was testing regularly for most of my life. I've been in my current relationship for 6.5 years and haven't been tested since before the relationship started.
No other symptoms, just this scratch - it's maybe 1/4" long. I haven't noticed any discharge. I'm going to schedule an appointment with my doctor to have it looked at, but I've read herpes can appear as a single lesion that looks like a scratch.
Appreciate any advice/feedback you have. Thanks!