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13 Weeks and counting every day.
Hi Grace,
13 weeks ago I made the biggest mistake of my life.
It was a high risk protected encounter but I cannot remember as to whether there was any oral involved.
To cut the details short within 2 days I had requested my first GUM appointment.
Tested for chlymydia and gonohorrhea 4 days later negative.
At that point I had trouble urinating.
4 weeks later I was blood tested for everything except HSV 1 and this came up negative.
The test is Euroimmun elisa which in know you are not familiar with but is FDA approved.
Low negative. 3.3 ru/ ml - very low as 16 is the borderline with 22 as a positive.
Retested with a urine analysis at 10 weeks as now experiencing epiditimitis. All negative.
Had what looked like sacral lesions- GUM MD said looked like possible staph infection only.
Fast forward 7 weeks (now at 13 weeks) since the original exposure.
Lesions presented on penis, calf pain, leg pain, burning and fever. Experiencing no appetite and periodic times of almost confusion.
Swab of lesions showed no signs of HSV 1 or 2.
Blood test showed the same titer for HSV2 as previously.
Multiple tests run one unusual one is CRP is double the threshold. May explain leg pain.
My partner has multiple symptoms now without any lesions except some sacral.
I have now requested a HSV 1 blood test to be performed on my sample.
I fear that this I'd my primary outbreak but with the titers showing the same at 13 weeks I think that HSV 1 might be likely.
Can you offer your thoughts? Please.
13 weeks ago I made the biggest mistake of my life.
It was a high risk protected encounter but I cannot remember as to whether there was any oral involved.
To cut the details short within 2 days I had requested my first GUM appointment.
Tested for chlymydia and gonohorrhea 4 days later negative.
At that point I had trouble urinating.
4 weeks later I was blood tested for everything except HSV 1 and this came up negative.
The test is Euroimmun elisa which in know you are not familiar with but is FDA approved.
Low negative. 3.3 ru/ ml - very low as 16 is the borderline with 22 as a positive.
Retested with a urine analysis at 10 weeks as now experiencing epiditimitis. All negative.
Had what looked like sacral lesions- GUM MD said looked like possible staph infection only.
Fast forward 7 weeks (now at 13 weeks) since the original exposure.
Lesions presented on penis, calf pain, leg pain, burning and fever. Experiencing no appetite and periodic times of almost confusion.
Swab of lesions showed no signs of HSV 1 or 2.
Blood test showed the same titer for HSV2 as previously.
Multiple tests run one unusual one is CRP is double the threshold. May explain leg pain.
My partner has multiple symptoms now without any lesions except some sacral.
I have now requested a HSV 1 blood test to be performed on my sample.
I fear that this I'd my primary outbreak but with the titers showing the same at 13 weeks I think that HSV 1 might be likely.
Can you offer your thoughts? Please.
did they treat your staph culture of your prostate?
really sounds like they are dropped the ball for you and causing you ongoing issues. follow up on everything properly and stop thinking herpes is the cause of all of this.
really sounds like they are dropped the ball for you and causing you ongoing issues. follow up on everything properly and stop thinking herpes is the cause of all of this.
Hi Grace,
There was no treatment for the previous rash as the diagnoses was visual only.
This said I do have a staph infection of my prostate which was diagnosed from the latest semen culture.
I think I do now have a herpetic rash on my thighs. I will need this checked out.
There was no treatment for the previous rash as the diagnoses was visual only.
This said I do have a staph infection of my prostate which was diagnosed from the latest semen culture.
I think I do now have a herpetic rash on my thighs. I will need this checked out.
not likely this is hsv1 genitally. your symptoms are lasting far too long plus your symptoms aren't the typical genital herpes symptoms either.
you had a protected encounter, odds are very low that you'd contract anything from it. even though herpes, syphilis and hpv aren't prevented as well with condom use, low risk that you'd contract them from a one time encounter.
the euroimmune test seems to have a rather high false positive rate but that isn't the issue for you.
I'd follow up with a dermatologist at this point for any new rashes. did they treat your presumed staph infection previously? are they swabbing these for MRSA too?
grace
you had a protected encounter, odds are very low that you'd contract anything from it. even though herpes, syphilis and hpv aren't prevented as well with condom use, low risk that you'd contract them from a one time encounter.
the euroimmune test seems to have a rather high false positive rate but that isn't the issue for you.
I'd follow up with a dermatologist at this point for any new rashes. did they treat your presumed staph infection previously? are they swabbing these for MRSA too?
grace
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