it's more likely to be mrsa than it is herpes.
when is your appointment?
grace
I did make an appointment. Now Im waiting for it. I know I sound paranoid, but I have searched online and haven't found any other thing except for herpes that would match my symptoms. You read a lot of stuff here from people who don't have it but think they do. When I first got it, I didn;t pay attention. But then it came back and I had a headache and didn't feel well, plus the leg pain...And it ulcerated. I keep reading about how impossible it is to get it via non-sexual contact and don't know what to think. If I at least had had sex, that would have been understandable...
have you been seen yet or are you just sitting at home worrying that you have herpes?
grace
I meant can it get inside through non-genital skin for the first time and not through genital area?
Thanks!
It infects the nerves that go to the skin. So yes you can get it in the non-genital skin but it is in the boxer shorts region.
Is it possible for HSV2 to generate on non-genital skin?
yes it's the same nerves.
grace
I have a question: do the same nerves supply only the lower abdomen-buttocks-genitals-thighs area? What about knees and lower legs?
Thanks!!
You need to seek your doctor's advice. As grace said it isn't Herpes going on.
Thanks, grace! I hope not. But the skin hurt before the bump appeared. And the second time my whole leg hurt because of it...I am so scared to go to the doctors :(( Have you ever heard of a HSV2 on a knee?Assuming I have it, will I shed from my genital area? :((
your step brother's genital herpes is not an issue for anyone in the household. Pretty much unless he's having sex with someone, it's not a concern. everyone in a household should have their own towels, washcloths, toothbrushes , razors and body buff puffs because other very common germs are transmitted through sharing them.
it's not herpes going on with your knee. you aren't going to transmit your own hsv1 oral infection to your knee either.
grace