Well, I went to Planned Parenthood today to get Herpes tested and I'm now waiting for the results. Just today, I noticed additional hot, red and itchy rash patchs on both sides of my penis. No sores, cuts or lesions, but definitely red and itchy patchs. I'm again worried that I'm having some sort of herpes symptoms. MD HHH, can you provide me with you thoughts on these new symptoms? Thank again for your insite.
Well, 25% of the population has HSV-2. So you're right, in a way; veryone has a "very good chance" of having GH. That's why my initial response says "If your HSV-2 test is positive, it will not prove you caught it during the exposure you are concerned about." On the other hand, a negative result (done at least 3 months after exposure) will confirm my believe herpes has nothing to do with your symptoms.
HHH, MD
Well thanks for the response, MD. I feel slightly better, but not completely at ease. With the high percentage of people having no symptoms or symptoms that are easily missed, I think there is still a very good change i have GH. I just can't beleive all these rashs & cuts are stress related and only located in my genital area.
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just MedHelp International?
Medhelp international is what it said on my online statement
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Sorry for posting here.
Most people with recurrent genital herpes have asymptomatic viral shedding less 5% of the time, so if your partner wasn't having a symptomatic outbreak, the likelihood you were exposed to the virus was only 1 chance in 20. Even if she did, the odds of getting infected still were low. (In mongamous heterosexual couples in which one person has genital HSV-2 and the other doesn't, and who have sex 2-4 times per week without condoms, only 3% of couples experience herpes transmission per year.) To the likelihood you were infected was low.
I don't know what to make of the skin lesions ("cuts") you see under the condom. Herpes lesions do not resolve in only 2-3 days. Maybe irritation from lubricant, especially if it contains nonoxynol 9 or another spermicide. None of your other symptoms even hints at herpes. To answer your specific questions:
1) None of your symptoms suggest herpes except the penile lesions--and I have doubt about those.
2) You could be tested now. A negative HSV-2 result will be highly reassuring but not perfectly so; if negative, you might want to be tested again at 3 months. Or just wait until then; no harm will result. If your HSV-2 test is positive, it will not prove you caught it during the exposure you are concerned about.
3) I cannot diagnose any rash/irritation long distance. But as I have said innumerable times, when a person believes his or her own symptoms might be due to stress, probably they usually are right.
Yes, it could all be stress. Nothing you describe sounds much like yeast infection. But of course if your symptoms persist, see a health care provider. In the meantime, calm down. Most likely nothing serious is in the works.
Good luck-- HHH, MD