Hsv 1 and hsv whitlow on hands?

[Trick132]

Hello I am a male in my late 20's. I recently posted a question In the HIV forum about receiving oral sex and if I was at risk for HIV. The members concluded no that there was no risk for HIV, my question is 3 weeks after exposure I had a bad fever and night sweats and an itchy crotch and I had what appeared to be a rash on the head of my penis and than had bumps form a few days later which was diagnosed as warts and got treated for that. Off and on i still kept developing a rash only on the head of my penis, they look like tiny red pin pricks and I never was tested for hsv 1 or 2.  About 6 to 7 months after that I got tested for HIV and tested false positive. 2 weeks after the test I developed extremely bad blisters on both my hands and fingers, both hands were inflamed burning extremely itchy and throbbing with pain.

I would like some advice on what this could be, as I read that it could be herpes whitlow. A doctor said it looked to be a bacterial infection of the hands and prescribed me anti bacterial anti biotics of some sort and cream and went away after 2-3 weeks. And comes and goes every once in a while but not nearly as bad only a few tiny little blisters on a couple figures at a time.

For some reason I am still concerned with HIV even though I was told I had no risk but not only that I am worried about herpes? I am extremely worried my anxiety is through the roof!

[Trick132]

Hello again I don't  mean to keep posting, but I was able to see a GP at a walk in clinic and by her visual diagnosis she believes that I have herpes and she sent me in for a blood test.
this was to do with the unprotected oral and 3 weeks later developing an itchy rash on the head of my penis and bad fever sweats and other flu  symptoms, soon after I developed G.Warts, and got them removed. before that encounter I never had any problems with rashes or warts of any kind.
But truly I'm not too worried about herpes or warts, because I never had warts reappear and the herpes rash is not severe however I am extremely worried about HIV more so now.
I know this is not the HIV forum but being that I caught these std's from that one encounter, could have I possible caught HIV as well? being that my hands were blistering and swollen, itchy and burning 8 months after the encounter?
Sorry for so many posts but I'm so depressed and sick to my stomach
Especially now that I am engaged. If you could give me some insight to this it would be so greatly appreciated!

[HowardH]

The "coincidence" doesn't mean much. Look at it this way:  In the US, it's fair to assume that every month many thousand people get new skin rashes or other symptoms, and during the month prior to that there are thousands (probably hundreds of thousands) of people who have sex with new partners. Obviously the same two things will happen to many people, without implying the sex caused the rash.

[Trick132]

Thank you very much for the reply. it's not that I dont trust the doctor, I guess it's more that I don't understand the test results and that I'm concerned because it's pretty coincidental that it happened soon after the oral sex exposure. And if I didn't end up getting other std problems such as that rash and the G.Wart problem I would not even be on here.

But I will take your advice and see a dermatologist. I appreciate all the info and help on this forum. Thank you.

[HowardH]

There is no way either herpes or HIV would cause the sort of rash and symptoms you describe. In any case, this is a community forum of volunteers, and you have seen a doctor in person who reassured you. If you don't trust it, ask for referral to a dermatologist. Whatever the cause, almost certainly it has nothing to do with the oral sex event you are concerned about.

[Trick132]

The only concern is from that 1 time exposure of receiving unprotected oral sex.

[Trick132]

Thank you for the reply. I did search google and it indeed looked like what I had, but not all pictures of course. Mine seemed to be a bit more aggressive than most of those pictures along with it being on both my hands. Some big and some small blisters deep under my skin which caused inflamation itching throbbing pain also Still to this day I get small rash or red pin prick marks on the head of my penis, could this be herpes? It comes and couple days later fades away.
I never had a test done on that,  just HIV which came out false positive after 6 months.

I know it is hard to diagnose something to which no one can see. It's just I have another 26 days before I can see my doctor again.

Also you said it would be unlikely to be a symptom if HIV as well, if I understood correctly?

[Fleetwood20]

to clarify...
of being infected with HIV through being the insertive oral sex partner

[Fleetwood20]

I believe there are no documented cases of being infected with HIV through being the insertive partner. Hence you'd have to assume that was essentially a zero risk event. And that is even if partner had HIV, itself close to zero.

There is no way you'd have whitlow from the episode you describe. If you had a bad outbreak of blisters, for it to be herpes, then you would have been infected 2-10 days beforehand. It would be virtually impossible to be infected on both hands at once. All this is hence highly suggestive of the hand issue being something other than herpes.

[HowardH]

This doesn't sound at all like herpes, and certainly not a whitlow. If you google "herpes whitlow" and look at the photos you can find, you will see they don't look at all like you have. Your symptoms are entirely unrelated to your recent oral sex exposure. Further, you have seen a doctor who has reassured you.  You can move on without worry.