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Is this genital and oral HSV1?
Hi everyone. I have a real mystery. Been reading posts (loads of info on here which is great) but finally decided to ask my questions. Warning - long story coming! Sorry for being detailed and graphic but I'm guessing more info, not less, will help you all. Having trouble getting a diagnosis and figuring out what the heck is going on with my body!
I had a brief encounter with a man - vaginal and me giving him oral sex - for a short time. It was not full sex, more like fooling around a bit and then it stopped - but there was unprotected vaginal and oral insertion of his penis (for maybe 10 thrusts and maybe 30 seconds of oral) this happened two or three times during the course of the night. Then the same thing happened the week after. Then the fun began.
Nearly two weeks after I got internal vaginal pain (like bad period pain) and discharge for a couple of days and then the next day came extreme extreme extreme itching and swelling and pain of the vagina/vulva. Went to the doc who said it looked like a very bad yeast infection and gave me meds. Discharge got so bad that it was running out, so not clumpy. Next day it was sore to pee and got bad chills and fever and night sweats and was very very sick for 3 days and nights. But I was away from home and it was a weekend so couldn't easily get to a doc. During this time I developed some papercuts down either side of the folds on the outside of my vagina entrance and a raw spot inside. I suffered on for nearly 2 weeks until things cleared up.
Now before the vagina symptoms started I had a red raw patch on my lip which was wouldn't heal, but didn't think too much about it although I had noticed it as being different but thought maybe a bad case of chapped lip or something. When it did start to look and feel better or healed then is started again soon after. Then after the vagina symptoms had started i then got what looked like a very shallow blister type bump next to this raw patch. It didn't burst or go yellow, but just kinda dried up and then was just like dry chapped area on lip. I also had a very sore raw scratchy throat which was red and inflamed.
Everything healed but went for std check anyway and everything came back normal. I asked about herpes and told it would be round blisters that burst not long open cuts which is yeast. BUT here's my problem. I've been sick ever since. Get a few days where I have no vaginal problems and then it starts again -internal pain,feels of clit/urethra is swollen and pressured, very painful papercuts in folds and next to clit, itching, burning. Also happens on buttocks and internal thighs with sharp stinging and then one, two or maybe 4 red spots - but they don't burst, just sort of dry up and then heal. Burning skin feeling and a hot feeling at bottom of back. Get hot red sunburn like rash on buttocks and thighs with a flushed very hot face and sometimes shivers - but this is lessening each time it happens. No further blister on my mouth but often have red raw patches then peel skin a bit and eventually dry up and heal.. Lips feel burny and itchy too when this happens. Also get raw sore throat which turns into mucus chesty cough. Been back to doc and given vaginal yeast treatment again (internal and oral tablets) and then 2 different antibiotics to 'kill anything that may be lurking'.
(thanks if you're still reading!) So now, I'm in the position that I have been very ill from this encounter with this guy (who says he was clean for stds, but does get sweat/fungal rashes - I'm now thinking this is actually herpes and not sweat rashes??!?). I've been treated for yeast and with antibiotics, but I still get these symptoms. Got a rapid HSV2 test done which was negative and waiting results of igg. In the meantime the doc has agreed to let me try a month of acyclovir (?) to see if it helps.
Sooooo my big question is can I have gotten genital and oral hsv1 from this guy's penis, due to his 'sweat rash'. Read genital outbreaks are rare for hsv1 but seriously, I have had sooooo much pain and discomfort - I knew straight away something major was happening - not just a yeast infection. And if it is hsv1, why the heck am I getting frequent outbreaks like this? I've read it shouldn't reoccur as often but been tested for yeast and bacteria and stds etc and all was clear, but they did still treat it just in case the swab missed the yeast (swabbed once for herpes but was days later and was clearing up - another time they wouldn't swab as only small cuts and no blisters in vagina area - helpful eh?)
Any thoughts people? Hsv1? Fungal (although unlikely from what I've read?) Anything else spring to mind if IGG comes back negative for both? I've probably left out loads of info (sorry, been kinda going with this for months now - I forget what is normal now!) but will answer queries to fill in any gaps if needed to help you out with 'diagnosis'. Cheers everyone for reading and here's hoping you've some ideas to put me out of this misery. (by the way I hadn't been with any other man in nearly 2 years and NEVER had any problems vaginally or orally like this before. Truly fed up with the cycle and feeling crap all the time - need some pain free time please! Got the point i don't even care what it is now - i just need to know!!!! Arrghhhh. Thanks guys.
I had a brief encounter with a man - vaginal and me giving him oral sex - for a short time. It was not full sex, more like fooling around a bit and then it stopped - but there was unprotected vaginal and oral insertion of his penis (for maybe 10 thrusts and maybe 30 seconds of oral) this happened two or three times during the course of the night. Then the same thing happened the week after. Then the fun began.
Nearly two weeks after I got internal vaginal pain (like bad period pain) and discharge for a couple of days and then the next day came extreme extreme extreme itching and swelling and pain of the vagina/vulva. Went to the doc who said it looked like a very bad yeast infection and gave me meds. Discharge got so bad that it was running out, so not clumpy. Next day it was sore to pee and got bad chills and fever and night sweats and was very very sick for 3 days and nights. But I was away from home and it was a weekend so couldn't easily get to a doc. During this time I developed some papercuts down either side of the folds on the outside of my vagina entrance and a raw spot inside. I suffered on for nearly 2 weeks until things cleared up.
Now before the vagina symptoms started I had a red raw patch on my lip which was wouldn't heal, but didn't think too much about it although I had noticed it as being different but thought maybe a bad case of chapped lip or something. When it did start to look and feel better or healed then is started again soon after. Then after the vagina symptoms had started i then got what looked like a very shallow blister type bump next to this raw patch. It didn't burst or go yellow, but just kinda dried up and then was just like dry chapped area on lip. I also had a very sore raw scratchy throat which was red and inflamed.
Everything healed but went for std check anyway and everything came back normal. I asked about herpes and told it would be round blisters that burst not long open cuts which is yeast. BUT here's my problem. I've been sick ever since. Get a few days where I have no vaginal problems and then it starts again -internal pain,feels of clit/urethra is swollen and pressured, very painful papercuts in folds and next to clit, itching, burning. Also happens on buttocks and internal thighs with sharp stinging and then one, two or maybe 4 red spots - but they don't burst, just sort of dry up and then heal. Burning skin feeling and a hot feeling at bottom of back. Get hot red sunburn like rash on buttocks and thighs with a flushed very hot face and sometimes shivers - but this is lessening each time it happens. No further blister on my mouth but often have red raw patches then peel skin a bit and eventually dry up and heal.. Lips feel burny and itchy too when this happens. Also get raw sore throat which turns into mucus chesty cough. Been back to doc and given vaginal yeast treatment again (internal and oral tablets) and then 2 different antibiotics to 'kill anything that may be lurking'.
(thanks if you're still reading!) So now, I'm in the position that I have been very ill from this encounter with this guy (who says he was clean for stds, but does get sweat/fungal rashes - I'm now thinking this is actually herpes and not sweat rashes??!?). I've been treated for yeast and with antibiotics, but I still get these symptoms. Got a rapid HSV2 test done which was negative and waiting results of igg. In the meantime the doc has agreed to let me try a month of acyclovir (?) to see if it helps.
Sooooo my big question is can I have gotten genital and oral hsv1 from this guy's penis, due to his 'sweat rash'. Read genital outbreaks are rare for hsv1 but seriously, I have had sooooo much pain and discomfort - I knew straight away something major was happening - not just a yeast infection. And if it is hsv1, why the heck am I getting frequent outbreaks like this? I've read it shouldn't reoccur as often but been tested for yeast and bacteria and stds etc and all was clear, but they did still treat it just in case the swab missed the yeast (swabbed once for herpes but was days later and was clearing up - another time they wouldn't swab as only small cuts and no blisters in vagina area - helpful eh?)
Any thoughts people? Hsv1? Fungal (although unlikely from what I've read?) Anything else spring to mind if IGG comes back negative for both? I've probably left out loads of info (sorry, been kinda going with this for months now - I forget what is normal now!) but will answer queries to fill in any gaps if needed to help you out with 'diagnosis'. Cheers everyone for reading and here's hoping you've some ideas to put me out of this misery. (by the way I hadn't been with any other man in nearly 2 years and NEVER had any problems vaginally or orally like this before. Truly fed up with the cycle and feeling crap all the time - need some pain free time please! Got the point i don't even care what it is now - i just need to know!!!! Arrghhhh. Thanks guys.
yeah, that's right, visually diagnosed and testing done was a swab. Here is exactly what happened to clear up any confusion (I was trying to keep posts short to avoided any further knuckle rapping!) Been told i have herpes by the top gyn who deals with herpes and stds etc in my area and waiting for swab to come back to tell what type, but he did say not to be surprised if it's negative because it was a small area that had started to heal but was def sure it was herpes. Then asked me the history and other symptoms which said clarified it all. 'nothing else would cause these exact symptoms and within this timeframe' were his words. Pretty much what I had thought. Put me on tablets to see if it helps and will go back for follow up in a couple of months. I mentioned what you had said about not taking tablets and keep going in for swabs if this one was negative but said that was up to me, he said cause of the horrible time I've had with symptoms it would do no harm to put me on tablets for a while to try and get some break from it all and if this swab is negative then to come off the tablets again in a couple of months if i wanted to try and find out the type. But of course my understanding is that I could still have outbreaks on tablets so will go and get a swab taken anyway if needed. He said that polyps are not usually linked to herpes but couldn't rule it out and said it is not the norm to have yeast infections with herpes outbreaks, so not to expect it with every OB and it's just a coincidence this time - would you agree with that? (he wasn't even gonna test for it as he saw no signs but I insisted from what you'd told me in the past and the test said I have yeast too this time! -previous swabs negative)
At this point I've two questions (if I'm allowed to ask them?) Will the suppressive dose help clear up an outbreak or does it have no affect at all on it and the outbreak will act like you are not taking antivirals at all. And if someone has say 15 outbreaks a year will tablets help drastically reduce that to say 3 or because they get frequent outbreak will the tablets only help reduce it to like 10?
At this point I've two questions (if I'm allowed to ask them?) Will the suppressive dose help clear up an outbreak or does it have no affect at all on it and the outbreak will act like you are not taking antivirals at all. And if someone has say 15 outbreaks a year will tablets help drastically reduce that to say 3 or because they get frequent outbreak will the tablets only help reduce it to like 10?
so let me clarify - just a visual diagnosis of herpes at this point and no + lesion culture result at all?
No I'm still waiting for the swab to come back. On antivirals but on suppressive dose and not treatment dose. Will suppressive dose still shorten the outbreak or does it not have any affect?
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