already told you you shouldn't be thinking herpes at this point :)
bacterial infections can keep coming back. sometimes not easy to get rid of them.
Ok so I get a fresh sore/spot at base of penis sp it's straight back to doctor this time as soon as it came up. Small ulceration that came up very sore like an open cut and have it PCR swabbed. Also one more IgG test at 5.6 months. Bloods come back HSV1 6.075 and HSV2 0.52. Negative swab comes back two days later. Driving me nuts. Can I put this aside now with a negative IgG at almost 6 months? What else could be causing these recurrent long lasting sores in my pubic hair so close to my genitals?
Ok so I get a fresh sore/spot at base of penis sp it's straight back to doctor this time as soon as it came up. Small ulceration that came up very sore like an open cut and have it PCR swabbed. Also one more IgG test at 5.6 months. Bloods come back HSV1 6.075 and HSV2 0.52. Negative swab comes back two days later. Driving me nuts. Can I put this aside now with a negative IgG at almost 6 months? What else could be causing these recurrent long lasting sores in my pubic hair so close to my genitals?
not likely you are taking so long to seroconvert. also recurrences tend to be single lesions, not multiple like you are having. really no reason to suspect herpes as a cause based on the symptoms you described.
Thanks Grace and apologies for not knowing Terri was a pay for in a different forum. Really appreciate the work you guys do.
Reason for my anxiety is that the pimple like spots keep occurring in roughly the same spots and since the exposure have been fairly much on and off every month. Additionally not always around a hair follicle either. Basically small one off pimples in the pubic hair sometimes accompanied by an itch or a burn- no swelling though.
I'm worried that I'm just taking longer than 18 weeks to seroconvert. Or I'm one of those unlucky few that never seroconvert at all. Definitely something not right going on since the exposure. When you sayy symptoms are not indicative of HSV 2 could you explain what you would most likely see in a new indection around 3-6 months?
this isn't Terri's forum. you have to pay to post on her forum.
you don't need any more herpes testing. the changes in your hsv2 igg's are insignificant and enough time has passed to trust your results.
continue to follow up with the dermatologist as needed. Odds are your itching is from the folliculitis and/or a fungal infection from the antibiotics used to treat it.
this was protected sex. the risk of any std from it is very low. none of your symptoms even sound like herpes but sound far more like the 2 conditions you have already been treated for.
grace