I would like to start off by thanking you for your work and time on this forum – your help is truly appreciated. I will try to keep this brief and outline my case. I am worrying about genital HSV-1. I am white, 23, male.
- 11/26/09 I have brief oral w/ female friend. She has no apparent cold sores. 2/16/10 she tests neg for all STDs, HSV-2 neg, but HSV-1 positive, cold sores as kid.
- 12/13/09, I run a half-marathon. Used icy-hot type product and masturbated with the same hand. I take bath and suddenly tip of penis turns very red. Over few days, red peels off and the center of this mark remains and turns very white in hot/warm water.
- 12/30/09 I see family Dr. Test neg for all STDs, HSV viral culture and HSV-2 blood test. No fever, swollen lymph nodes or other symptoms. Spot shrinks and peels many times. Left small, white/translucent scar, still there today.
- 1/8/10 notice a small bump on the inside of my foreskin. I picked it a lot. Bump got bigger and peeled several times.
- 1/13/10 return to doctor. Repeat HSV serology, non-specific this time (never had cold sores), IgG (0.20) and IgM (0.44) both neg. Red area remains to this day, with surrounding inflamed tissue. Feels like deep, red bumps surrounding the lesion, which left a similar white scar as first lesion.
- I have since visited 2 Derms, both ruled out herpes on visual inspection.
- 3/15/10 saw my GP, doesn't believe it's herpes. I ask to take another blood test. HSV non-specific IgG (0.28) and IgM (0.40), both neg. Over this time, I notice frequent urination and strange pains in lower abdomen, penis and right leg.
- 3/22/10 see urologist, doesn’t think it looks like herpes. Diagnosed frequent urination as prostatitis and prescribed Cipro 500mg for 30 days.
Is there any possibility this could still be herpes? After 15 weeks, can HSV serology still be negative? Could my body just not be producing antibodies and this is why it is lingering so long? Is this all me freaking out and perhaps something else?