Confussed

[jillwilly]

Last month my daughter tested positive for genital herpes.  She had water blisters on her vagina, but her sores were not sore.  We took her to get a blood test done and she tested negative for herpes 2 but positive for herpes 1.  Her dr. said it didn't matter what the blood test showed she had genital herpes.  This I don't understand.  Now 3 weeks later, she has itty bitty water blisters all over her belly, and 2 days later another water blister on her vagina.  Just like the first one.  These are not sore.  I have read that herpes is the most misdiagnosed disease out there.  Its on her record that she has this but I'm not so sure.  Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

[slacker101]

Also, ask her to recall dates. Pinpoint when she first saw the outbreaks of blisters and count back a few weeks. The person she was with within the longest, 20 days span is a suspect of the transmitter of this.

[slacker101]

Interesting situation and here are a few things this could be. First off, HSV 1 CAN occur on the genitals if given oral sex by someone with an overt lesion. What I think happened to your daughter is she has always had HSV1 since she was a child but has a new case of HSV which is HSV2 of the genitals. A blood test will not be accurate for up to 3 months or so so hang in there. Seems like your daughter had a primary outbreak and is getting another one. Whoever she was with gave her HSV2 down there. Tell her to find out who she was with and see if they have knowledge of them having HSV2. They might now. Most HSV2 transmission happens by people who never have an outbreak. Herpes does NOT have to hurt to be herpes. They can have zero symptoms or it could put you in a hospital if that tells you how variable the diease is. is she on antivirals at all? If she takes them and finds it helping, you can gurantee it is herpes.