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Do I need to test for Herpes tomorrow?
So I had unprotected sex in early December.
I was fully screened for HIV, Chlamydia (+, treated), Gon, Syphillis. I go for the final Hep C test tomorrow (maybe they will do Hep B too). They didn't test for Herpes as I'd no lesions on my penis or mouth. A few days after I did have red spots on my pubic area which I thought may be HIV (which I have since tested -ve for)
I've had painful lymph nodes around my body since a month after the exposure. The last several weeks I've had painful eyes and sometimes the eyelids are very tender. I get an intermittent burning sensation in my eyes, sometimes a pulsating burning feeling and they are not white like normal. They don't feelparticularly dry. A few weeks ago I'd a bout of sickness and diahhorea.
I had my eyes tested a few months ago (annual test) and they said everything OK 6m/6m vision but something about big cups, normal rims.
A week ago or so I saw mention of Aciclovir on one of the Doctors' forums and it's associated with Herpes. There was a bottle of this in her bathroom cupboard when i was staying which I thought was mouthwash.
Does any of the above sound like I need to test for Herpes? Is it only the two Herpes HSV-1 and HSV-2 that they test for or HSV5/CMV too?
Any advice would be welcome, thanks.
I was fully screened for HIV, Chlamydia (+, treated), Gon, Syphillis. I go for the final Hep C test tomorrow (maybe they will do Hep B too). They didn't test for Herpes as I'd no lesions on my penis or mouth. A few days after I did have red spots on my pubic area which I thought may be HIV (which I have since tested -ve for)
I've had painful lymph nodes around my body since a month after the exposure. The last several weeks I've had painful eyes and sometimes the eyelids are very tender. I get an intermittent burning sensation in my eyes, sometimes a pulsating burning feeling and they are not white like normal. They don't feelparticularly dry. A few weeks ago I'd a bout of sickness and diahhorea.
I had my eyes tested a few months ago (annual test) and they said everything OK 6m/6m vision but something about big cups, normal rims.
A week ago or so I saw mention of Aciclovir on one of the Doctors' forums and it's associated with Herpes. There was a bottle of this in her bathroom cupboard when i was staying which I thought was mouthwash.
Does any of the above sound like I need to test for Herpes? Is it only the two Herpes HSV-1 and HSV-2 that they test for or HSV5/CMV too?
Any advice would be welcome, thanks.
Yeah ANXIETY driven!!! MOST of the people on this board sit around and read the internet and wake up with symptoms they read about. Think about it, what is pain anyhow? Pain is something your brain makes up in response to an injuty of some sort. When anxiety takes over, you will start triggering the same pain messages to your brain and it will feel as real. You would be surprised how powerful a brain can be!!!
If you are going to have blood drawn anyways - why not get tested for hsv while you are at it? Sounds like you could use the peace of mind if nothing else.
Your eye symptoms don't sound like herpes related. Sounds more like a viral infection or allergies.
No need to test for cmv since you aren't pregnant and since most adults have it anyways. At this point it would no longer be an active cmv infection anyways so there's really no point to testing for it.
Acyclovir is used for genital herpes and oral herpes. Not real surprising that you saw it in someone's medicine cabinet since 1 out of every 2-3 adults has hsv1 orally and 1 out of every 4 adults has hsv2 genitally.
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Your eye symptoms don't sound like herpes related. Sounds more like a viral infection or allergies.
No need to test for cmv since you aren't pregnant and since most adults have it anyways. At this point it would no longer be an active cmv infection anyways so there's really no point to testing for it.
Acyclovir is used for genital herpes and oral herpes. Not real surprising that you saw it in someone's medicine cabinet since 1 out of every 2-3 adults has hsv1 orally and 1 out of every 4 adults has hsv2 genitally.
grace
Stop looking for symptoms? Cetainly not anxiety driven. I didn't ask about HIV as that has been ruled out but thanks for answering on the HSV.
Doesn't sound like anything STD related and quite frankly more anxiety driven!! You need to move on and stop looking for symptoms or you will find some. Nothing you have said suggests herpes nontheless HIV!!!!
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