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6 months of symptoms
Can herpes outbreaks last for 6 months with no blisters?? Just a rash, penis tip pain and swollen painful lymph nodes for 6 months. Have tested negative for hsv-2 the hsv-1 was postitive but Ive had coldsores ever since I was a kid.
even when you have genital herpes, not all the symptoms you have are due to herpes - make sense?
as I said, continue to follow up with providers as needed.
as I said, continue to follow up with providers as needed.
Yes I have had 2 prostate exams and they both said it seemed fine. After reading Joe239 posts and going through this for over two years then having to do months of daily pcr swabbing to find out it is HSV. I can deal with whatever I have... I just want to know what I have.
ID specialists aren't really all that great for rashes and herpes issues to be honest. Follow up with your dermatologist and urologist for your issues as needed.
Well I saw the ID specialist and all he said was you may or may not have herpes put a condom on and get back out there. WTF!! He didnt want to do the PCR testing I requested and didnt really seem to care much. I am continuing the Antiviral meds and they seem to be taking the extreme heat of the genital area away but havent really affected the rash, dribbling, pelvic pain or tingling. I am wondering if this is PHN from HSV?? I dont know where to turn next. I dont understand what else it could be and why these problems continue to linger. Its been over 7 months... The ID thought a possible urethral stricture or back problems. I have had a MRI of my back and everything looked okay. I have exhausted every resource and dont know what else to do.
even if you had contracted hsv1 genitally despite having a well established oral hsv1 infection, you wouldn't be having symptoms like this and for this long. there are clear periods of relief with absolutely no symptoms with genital herpes . also acyclovir isn't really helping if you have no symptoms /rash during the day but have it at night. herpes symptoms do not wax and wane like that during the day.
I'd stop the acyclovir, see a dermatologist and get this looked at. if they see symptoms, they can do a pcr swab at that time. if your infectious disease doc can't let go of the idea of herpes, ask them to order daily pcr swabbing for a month or two to look for herpes shedding to help convince them that this isn't a herpes issue.
I'd stop the acyclovir, see a dermatologist and get this looked at. if they see symptoms, they can do a pcr swab at that time. if your infectious disease doc can't let go of the idea of herpes, ask them to order daily pcr swabbing for a month or two to look for herpes shedding to help convince them that this isn't a herpes issue.
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