A 22-year-old woman is being seen at the clinic for problems with vulvar pain, dysuria, and fever. On physical examination, the nurse notices clusters of small, shallow vesicles with surrounding erythema on the labia. Inguinal lymphadenopathy is also present. What do these findings indicate?

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Herpes simplex virus type 2 exhibits clusters of small, shallow vesicles with surrounding erythema that erupt on the genital areas. Inguinal lymphadenopathy is also present. The woman reports local pain, dysuria, and fever. HPV presents with pink or flesh-colored, soft, points, moist, painless warty papules on the external genitalia. Pediculosis pubis presents with severe perineal itching and excoriations and erythematous areas on the external genitalia. May see little dark spots (lice are small), nits (eggs), or lice adherent to pubic hair near roots. Contact dermatitis presents as red, swollen vesicles with severe itching that may be a result from contact with an allergenic substance. There may be weeping lesions, crusts, scales, thickening of ski, and excoriations from scratching.

A 22-Year-Old Woman Is Being Seen at the Clinic for Problems