herpes and boils

[ellclapp]

A couple of months ago i had a huge boil on the back of my leg right in the crease of my butt and leg it took a couple of weeks to drain after the dr. gave me a antibiotic. Then a week or so later i had a blister come up on my vagina and went to dr and she said it was herpes and gave me valtrax for that, then a week later i had 6 boils come up around the top of my legs. Now i am a heavy woman and my legs are big. So my question is, Do boils and herpes have something in common? Is something wrong with my body ? and who do i see a gyn. or my regular dr. thank you for your help.

[gracefromHHP]

boils are caused by bacterial infections. make sure if you are still having recurrences that you get them tested to make sure you don't have a MRSA infection causing them.

You can have genital herpes be triggered to reoccur from a bacterial infection. odds are you were never tested for herpes before this.

do you have a regular partner?

was your herpes culture + for hsv1 or hsv2?

grace

[ellclapp]

she did swab the herpe and did a blood test as well and everything came back positive for herpes.

[kara12382]

Did your doctor swab any of the sores/boils that you had? Herpes can look like blisters, boils, cuts, raw spots...from what I've learned visual diagnosis isn't reliable, you'll want your doctor to swab the lesions when they are new, that way she can test for the virus. Sounds like your doctor was playing it safe by giving you Valtrex, but you want to get tested to avoid taking a medication you really might not need.

General practitioners or gynecologist would be able to do that for you...personally, I have always gone to my gyn for issues related to STDs.