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Based on your response, I should clarify the facts a bit. The symptoms within 2 days were a burning in the thighs. Days 3-7 the burning was in my buttocks. The feet involvement and fasciculations didn't begin until about 2-3 months post-exposure. And isn't it true that fasciculations, while usually caused by motor nerve damage, can also be cause by sensory nerve fiber loss?
If the herpes virus did enter your body via the genital tract, and enter nerve endings, and travel along the nerve to cause other symptoms, as most nerve transport is so slow (a few mm per day), if would seem unlikely that within 2 days it had travelled to distant parts of the nervous system such as the sensory supply to the feet etc. Also fasciculations arise from the motor system, which the HSV viruses do not affect. Hence your theory is probably biologically implausable.
STDs are commonly co-transmitted with other infections, such as HIV and syphilis, so an evaluation for this should be done if not already. Objective confirmation that a sensory neuropathy could be confirmed by nerve conduction studies (although less reliable in the proximal nerves like the femoral and other thigh sensory nerves. The resolution over time is governed by the cause, which is as yet unknown. Other causes of a snesory peripheral neuropathy should be evaluated for. Even if it was HSV-2 nothing can be done about it, other tha viral suppression with anti-hepres medication as I suspect you may be doing already?
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I have been tested for HSV-2 and it has come up negative but have all the same symptoms as you. Except the fasciculations in both calves. I have been tested for everything and I have nothing. Have you been check for Reiter's Syndrome?
haven't checked this site recently. I've been getting cold sores on my lips for years and the one in november was on my lip but my whole face became numb yet had a burning sensation to touch. I've been on valtrex suppression therapy since march but the burning sensation in the skin on my arms and legs started while on that. I'm really at a loss and I think my doctor is too.
I wonder fasciculations is really being properly described. If the burning pain occurred after the known primary exposure to HSV, this person should seek a trial of an anti-epileptic drug, in my opinion, even though the distal travel doesn
I frequently get bad cold sores. After a particularly bad one in November I had numbness in my face and then my ears started ringing and haven't stopped since. I've had a couple of vertigo spells and the past few months I've had a sensation of my skin burning in my arms and legs and tingling in my hands and feet. My b12 level was normal and MRI of the brain was normal. I neurologist I initially saw with the ringing in my ears and dizzy spells put me on valtrex. He thought my problems were probably related to the herpes virus that did some damage to the nerves.
Hope this helps. I can't say that the valtrex has helped with the burning sensation. I am really afraid of it becoming chronic and getting worse. I've learned to live with the ringing in my ears but I don't want to live with chronic pain.
Tested for HIV and negative. What is HTLV?
Joey: Did you doc come to the conclusion that your cold sores contributed to your symptoms? Were the sores on your face?
Herpes can definitely lead to neuropathy...Google the phrase "herpes neuropathy" and you'll find a number of articles.
Have you been tested for HIV or HTLV? Not to scare you, but those two types of viruses most definitely lead to neuropathy especially in their early stages.
I should also add that I have intermittent lower back pain since the exposure.
Hi there, I read your post with interest - I have been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy (sensory) for the past 4 years and now it is really severe. Started in feet now up to hips and in hands also get hypersensitive skin so much so that I cant hug my kids! I contracted herpes from my dear husband and my symptoms started within the following year. I have read numerous web sites that say Herpes and Shingles which are the same virus CAN cause neuropathy. I am ploughing my way through drugs to try to halt/control the symptoms but really sympathize with you.
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