went for herpeselect test and the result was negative. I last had sex with the girl the 2nd to last week in March. Did I go to soon. It has been 4 or 5 weeks since my symptoms started. Also is it possible for stress to cause the twitches I am feeling in my legs as well as for it to make me wake up at night to go to the bathroom?
I can't comment on whether the lesions on your back were due to shingles (VZV); from your description, it doesn't sound like it.
False positive results on HSV IgM are not due to cross reaction with VZV, including in people with active VZV infections.
HHH, MD
Dr. H, in an earlier posting from January you concluded the following regarding VZV & HSV Results and potential interference.
"The bottom line, and the translation of the scientific terminology, is that prior infection with other herpes group viruses (mono, chickenpox, etc) is not the reason for false postitive HSV IgM tests.
HHH, MD"
Does this conclusion apply to positive HSV results in a case where there is also PRESENT confirmed VZV or "chickenpox"?
I noticed a red pimple-like bump on my neck behind my ear thinking it was a zit. Then noticed one in my genital area, hoping it was an ingrown hair. I went to the doc to get an HSV Rapid culture, and that came out positive. I then noticed noticed itchy pimple-like bumps on my back (about two, and rapidly growing). I right away took the Valtrex medication my doctor gave me thinking that I had shingles or HSV-2 (And according to the doctor I had genital herpes simplex 2 AND shingles at the same time which to me sounds extreme since i haven't had sex in a year) however she wasn't too familiar with the testing types.
Back to the point- since VZV & HSV are of the same family, and assuming I currently have VZV (chickenpox), is it possible that the lesions in my genital area are vzv related and not hsv related- and since the hsv exam I took was a simple Positive/Negative for "herpes", is it possible that the exam could have taken the VZV into consideration as a positive result? These assumptions that the leisons in the genital area are VZV related and not HSV related are due to the fact that when I initially had chickenpox, they did break out in my genital area.
Thank you for your time.
My guess would be your symptoms are all due to anxiety, and based purely on comments made by a mutual friend. Nothing you describe sounds anything like herpes.
Btw, what kind of "mutual friend" would tell you she had herpes? I would be suspicious of whether this person was telling the truth, and of his/her motivations.
You might want to go and get a HerpeSelect test and ease your mind.
Not one of the symptoms you describe sounds like herpes or any other STD. STDs simply don't cause the sorts of things you mention, period. Your provider probably was being overly cautious in prescribing levaquin and zithromax. Prostatitis often is a "wastebasket" diagnosis--that is, something providers often come up with to explain otherwise unexplainable gential symptoms in men. You have seen three doctors who don't think you have herpes. Why in the world is that possibility even on your mind???
To answer your specific questions: 1) No. 2) No. 3) No. 4) Yes. 5) No. 6) Anxiety, stress, or depression all are good bets, and certainly more likely than anything else I can think of. But I cannot make a specific diagnosis and will not try.
Good luck-- HHH, MD