Was seen today by derm. Trying some steroids.
Thanks for all your help !
stop back and update your post when you get better answers too :)
best of luck!!!
Ok, so looks like I get the Psoriatic Arthritis diagnosis, not confirmed, but not hard to diagnose clinically.
Breakouts on elbows and knees and swollen joints and back.
Maybe secondary to Herpes 2 infection ? Not sure but it is getting worse.
Hope the steroids help while I wait to get into rheumatologist.
Thanks.
I was reading your post and it sounds almost identical to what I'm going through right now. Had hsv2 for 5 years or so with occasional ob's but for the past 2 and half months been having unusual and constant symptoms same as you describe. I was on the maintenance dose of acyclovir prior, then eventually just stopped as I figured it wasn't helping and I even started to suspect the rash was a side effect that had developed. Been off the acyclovir for a month now and still have this rash and what seems like single spot ob's every few days.
Can you tell me how you got on?
I've also had lots of really strange spots all over my body since a risky encounter 10 weeks ago, along with pain and tingling in buttocks, down leg, in lips and face, arms and feet. Also constant ill feeling with major fatigue. I've had no classic blisters but the odd pimple on my penis, stinging in my glans and red blotchiness there too. The spots on my body are like individual vesicles, spread out on my arms and legs, they arrive in frequently but stay for a couple of weeks. Also had tingling in feet and hands. Does this sound like what you have experienced from an HSV2 infection? I have tested negative igg at 8 weeks
Thanks
Marcus and Golf,
Sorry to hear you are both going through this. I am doing much better now.
After countless doctor visits and many tests my doctors believe I had Erythema Multiforme and a Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome). They are not sure what caused the reactive arthritis but one doctor thinks I may have had chlamydia, even though I never tested positive for it. He thinks my body may have cleared it before the tests. I believe it all could have been from the HSV2.
My skin has pretty much cleared up now and the tingling has almost gone away and I am on no meds. I was on High dose prednisone, acyclovir, doxycycline, fluoxetine, hydrocodone, BP meds and Lorazepam for all my mental and physical symptoms at one point. I thought my life was over.
The only issue I have now is some irritable bowel and mild skin irritation that comes and goes. I think this will get better with time as my body gets used to the virus.
This kind of reaction is rare but I think some people's immune systems are prone to have an over-reaction when a foreign substance like HSV2 enters their body. Although a lot of the posts I read on here make me think this type of autoimmune reaction is happening to more people than are diagnosed.
I would see a rheumatologist to consider reactive arthritis and a dermatologist to consider Erythema Multiforme. Good luck !