herpes?lyp-sine oppisite effect?

firstly i am waiting test results on blood tests.confusing symptons of hsv2.
i have been sure iv had hsv2 for app.3 years. had several severe out breaks at first always in soft tissue in circumsision area.iv picked at a few,which didnt help.but learnt to not touch,last 18 mounths outbreaks have been less severe,every 3-6mounths and totally healling within 10 days.they are usually only 1-3 small spots,some minor swelling.they are sort of pimple like but watery and very little discharge,then very small scab and heal.i do not recall them ever being painfull.never had pain urinating,some slight itchyness.they only reccur (but vary to a couple area's)in the circumsision area.
recently i noticed what looked like a outbreak coming(pretty sure).i have never tryd any sort of medication/vitimans  before.so i got some(blackmores)lyp-sine 500mg(or lysine it may be refered to).i took 1000mg-2000mg with meals 4 times a day,it seems to suppress outbreak for a week or so.it looked like sores where trying to appear.week 2 a couple of very minor sores that couldnt seem to make up its mind if they where going to burst and heal.this went up and down for 4 weeks(stopped lyp-sine after week 3)..5 weeks now and the small sores are nearly healed.but some area's look like it may still cause something.....very strange.
i am not on any other medication for anything else.
concerned ,because seem to have most the usual symtoms (symptoms) for herpes but cant find any relavent info on these circumstanses and its driving me nuts waiting for test results.

[chris717]

correction; i would describe the sores to be more puss like than watery and not in "clusters"

[gracefromHHP]

Did they also do lesion cultures on you or just a blood test?

Lysine doesn't really do much for herpes. None of the studies done on it showed that it was useful for speeding the healing of herpes ob's.  Excellent article on this on medscape you can read for free if you are interested.

If you need help with your blood tests just post the numeric values here - ie hsv1 igg 4. 9 and hsv2 igg 3. 1 or whatever they are.  Not too much else we can do until you get test results back.  

grace

[chris717]

my doc could not do cultere test as lastest outbreak was so small and drying up.
lysine has seemed interfer somehow,this has never happened before(less severe,but prolonged)much rather a short mildish(7-10day) outbreak than a very minor one that lasts 5 weeks or more.(still some blemishes)
i am awaiting blood tests and various others,i persificly noted to doc im sure its hsv2.
so they will do all the right tests.
as you said-not much else we can do until test results back

just cant help looking for information in the meanwhile

[gracefromHHP]

also keep in mind - even if you do have hsv2, that doesn't mean that everything that goes on in the genital area is due to herpes too.  this could be many things.

fyi - lesions would've totally healed on their own within 7-10 days or less even without lysine so I"m not sure that lysine has been helping to heal as much as you think it is.

grace

[chris717]

"7-10 days"thats my thought too.i do belive you are correct.
this o.b. is similar to earlier ones,but is very mild and very prolonged.
it is still happening5 weeks?!? ,1-2 minor sore/pimple healed(scabed)at least a week ago but they havent gone(small red lump/dot)another small pimple like "thing"comes and goes but hasnt"popped".looking very closly latley have been noticing in some angles of bright light what looks(sortof)like tiny dots of sweat(i dont wear underwear)in circumsision area,it washes off very easily with water,there is still some minor patches of swelling that seems to go up and down.also there is some dicolouration(slighty darkish purple)in some areas around underneath/edge of head of penis with what could besome very slight swelling.i have never noticed these last 2 syptoms (symptoms) before.
everything else seems like a usual outbreak but this time it is very minor and prolonged .
its extremly unlikly i could have got another std.

[auntiejessi]

5 weeks is too long - you need to follow up with your doctor to see what is causing this.

Aj

[chris717]

yes definatly! i am waiting for various std tests results,my doc has no idea what it is yet.(and wouldnt speculate too much)
i am hoping to find some information (possiblitys)more so to make sure i dont miss anything at next consultation with doctor next week.

[gracefromHHP]

if it washes off then it certainly isn't due to herpes.  

if your regular doctor isn't able to figure out what is going on then consult a dermatologist.  it's doubtful this is a std though.



grace

[chris717]

mm,interesting ,on further general investigation on various other std and non std problems.i.e.scabies.
i have concern for one tiny black dot(like blackhead)that has been under head/edge of penis for approx same time as first o.b.s,(it  wont pop or change when sqeezed).also have  alot of very thin vien like "vien-thingies"on shaft.they do look different in colour(some dark purple some red some even light greyish) than usual viens on penis.they sorta seem to be random and go allover the place.(zig-zag maby).only realy noticable when stretching skin.
i dont know how long they have been there or if these have changed or appeared .
i  thought alot of viens in penis was normal.

[chris717]

*continued post*
maby this could be scabies?
its hard to believe that it has stayed in the same area for over 3 years,or coincidently returned in the same place.
is it possible for scabies to hide under skin for up to 6 mounths,or rather not cause irritation/pimple like sores.
in my case the recurrance of sores is typicly hsv2
i realize they can be easily retransmited from clothing etc.
maby this could explain  lysine thing.

[gracefromHHP]

veins are normal.  You can also have something called  lymphoceles that are also completely normal.  I think you are just paying a little too much attention to your penis lately my dear ;)  

Scabies itches like you've never itched before and it doesn't let up.  this doesn't sound like scabies from any of your descriptions. Also you'd probably have it more so on the pubic hair area  than the head of the penis and it would've probably spread by now too after 5 weeks.  


grace

[chris717]

yes,you are right again,and i am definatly over doing it a bit.
just  stuck on how "loading up"on lysine(here i go again)amino acids could if it has had a effect in some way.i realize its not scientificly proven to do anything.but there is some thing very strange goin on with this o.b.
possibly i thought due to that ,what i may have  may not be viral.
damn its frustrating waiting for test results.

[gracefromHHP]

I think perhaps you need to stop thinking of it as just being a herpes ob. Obviously since it's lasted this long and seems so different from previous ob's , if it ever was a herpes recurrence, it's further complicated by something else now at this point.

grace

[chris717]

howdy,
been 5 months now,still having some weird things happening.the std clinic(august)never did the igG test i asked for but negative for everything else(usual std's).
i havnt had a usual outbreak since july,the odd bump i originaly posted about is barely there anymore,i have also been having some minor blood clot type looking discoloration in the skin(circumsition area) that varies,it sometimes looks almost completely gone,but then it vaugly reapears during the corse of the day on and off. overall its slowly disappearing.in the past 3 months i have tryd zovirax,teatree oil and various remedies to no avail.i have consulted several doc's that all say"come back if/when lesions appear,and we''l swab it"no doc' here will rely on igG test...its obviously not hsv as its persisted this long.every time iv been to doc' these odd blemish things are rather vauge compared to what they are at other times,they say its nothing to panic about.
im baffeled! i've had all the typical hsv2 symptoms, lesions and reccurances and they have dissappeared all of a sudden,except for these other strange things.

crazy i may be(coming) just cant seem to get a diagnosis.

[gracefromHHP]

Have you followed up on it with a dermatologist?

grace