Did you test positive for herpes?
I`m suffering with exactly what you are describing. My doctor tried to send me to a chiropracter! It`s been 5 days now, never been that long before. Am on 800mg Aciclovir at the moment but no outbreak. Don`t know what to do, am limping because of the pain in my foot. It`s normally fairly shortlived and on my right side, at the moment it is on the left.
Been swallowing Ibuprofen and Codeine to ease the pain but it doesn`t really work. What do you use for the pain? I`m allergic to paracetamol.
DO you feel the nerve pain all the day or go and back ?
Thank you!!
I have the same nerve pain too and some times came with red pimble in scrotum with uncomfortable testicle after I had sex with a girl back to Auguest 2009 positive for HSV2. I done HSV IGG blood test Herpeselect W/refl and HSV IGM many times after 3,6 and 12 months from my last contact and all came back negative and all other STDS and HIV test came back negative too. Can I have herpes with negative result ? Please help!!!!
the pain you describe is normal prodromal pain with herpes. that's not phn.
grace
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Very intresting article too Jessi.... a little short but intresting.
thank you so much for posting your story! i, too have experienced a particular pain usually before an o/b. starting at my buttocks (and on one side of my body) i have a pain that runs the length of my leg and into my ankles and feet. sometimes there is a dull, deep, ache that is relieved by massage, and at other times it is extremely sensitive to the touch- even my clothes brushing against it is painful! i have read other posts, and some people have talked about symptoms of M.S. being similar or confused to this pain. i wish there was more information out there!
No I havent, Thank you! Its nice to see them at least acknowledging it to some degree. I hope in the future they learn more about it. It is a terrible thing, emotionally but to have professionals not acknowledge these real symptoms it just cruel. I just finally felt compelled to write in hopes it will help someone! Thanks again for the info!
Gabby
Ok - I get it now.
PHN is definitely a misunderstood condition, and it doesn't help that we don't have a lot of info on it. There was a new study that was just released this week - have you seen it? http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/542773/?sc=rsmn
Aj
Thanks for your comments. No I dont have ocular Herpes. I know it is just one of the signs I have experienced in the past. I have been tested for everything. Also I am on valtrex and have been since Nov 2006. I just thought my comments will help those who are getting responses that nerve pain isnt associated with Herpes. It absolutely is! I hope hearing my story helps people who havent been supported in their questions and can put their mind at ease there are many who have experienced these real consequences from Herpes
Thanks for sharing your story.
Have you had the thing on your eye checked out? If you think it might be herpes, it is vital that you get that checked out. An eye doctor can do a simple test to see if its herpes or not. Since ocular herpes can cause blindness, you should get it checked. Don't panic though - ocular herpes is very rare, and is almost always caused by hsv1 traveling a nerve path to the eye, so I would be very surprised if you have ocular herpes.
Are you on suppression, like valtrex daily? Since you aren't getting constant nerve pains, and its around your period, this would suggest the virus have become activated again, and it might help to be on suppression and see if it prevents this.
Aj