Doctors,
I am faced with a baffling situation so please bear with me if this is long. I am a 25 y.o. female. In Jan. 2005, I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with an ex-boyfriend and the only person I had been sexually intimate with until that point. Within 10 days, I came down with a horrible flu with fever, vomiting, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea. Then I began to have pain in my mouth, sores on tongue, and constant sore throat for nearly 5 mos. straight. I had several HIV tests that were negative. Then, in June 2005, while on antibiotics for a possible Strep Throat, I began having HORRIBLE vaginal and anal itching (all over the genitals and not just in one spot). This itching was constant. Never went away completely. All yeast, BV treatments, etc. made the symptoms worse. Sometimes I had tingling in the vagina legs and toes, leg pains, toe pain, and lower back pain with these symptoms. Itching continues to today 4.5 years later although it is less pronounced now. I would also get tinging in the vagina and legs followed by burning in the upper right mons pubis area. No sores at all, just some redness. The itching got much worse during my period.
My gyno put me on Acyclovir in Aug. 2009. At first I saw no change but within a few months I noticed that the itching was much better. I came off of it and nothing happened. Then a few weeks later, I had the itching, tingling, and redness with burning on the vagina. I took one Acyclovir and within minutes the symptoms subsided. I skipped a dose and the symptoms came back within 12 hrs. I did this several times with same results.
My first boyfriend has had the Herpeselect and says he is negative for both types as well. I haven't seen his tests. He says he has no symptoms orally or genitally.
July 2005 Herpeselect,Dec. 2005 Immunoblot,March 2006 Herpeselect,July 2009 Hepeselect,Dec 2009 WB, Feb. 2009 WB all neg. for both types.