Random Breakouts

[Criss79]

Hello, i am a 43 Year Old and this all started in 1990 when i had to have surgery for an exploded ulcer ... i lost quite a bit of blood and had to have a blood transfusion .. 2 months later i noticed small boil like places on my finger on my left hand, the sores (for lack of a better word) turned into one large puss filled sack on my finger and burst within a few days.  I then noticed a beat red streak extending from my hand all the way up to my armpit.  the 2nd time this happened it happened on my left hand, same symptoms and same red streak.  this has happened several times since then, and continued to do so for a very long time, the "sores" have appeared at random places on my body, including my back, and genital areas ... Please help.  when they appear they usually burst before i can get to the doctor, i have no clue what could be causing this, i suspect bad blood but i cant get a doctor to tell me whats going on .. they wont even test for HIV or STDs ... The Doc i was seeing says i have Hep C ... i was informed that was a cold sore ... i thought a cold sore was a form of Herpies ... from what ive read on the Internet Hep C attacks your liver or causes serious problems with your liver and can be treated. is this correct?  I have also gotten shingles, is this a form of a disease? is there any treatment for it? i have read that it comes from having chicken pox, would an infection cause the chicken pox virus to re-awaken?  please help me, i dont know whats going on and im terrified something is seriously wrong.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
Well STD is a good possibility. Get another opinion and get the complete STD panel done. Another possibility is that you have diabetes which is causing repeated infections.
“Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox, and generally occurs in children and young people.” Refer this link for further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_zoster
Hope this helps. Please discuss this with your doctor. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[margypops]

Sorry LOL   get the tests done at the same time as the teats!!!

[margypops]

Go to see another Doctor for a 2nd opinion as it would be good to get the teats done, why wont your Doctor do them? it would at leats make you feel better if they are negative and you would get treatment if they were positive, dont take a No from them it is your health..Good luck