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My partner had a one night stand with an anonymous women in the beginning of May. I got tested for everything after that except HSV in beginning of July and everything was negative. We moved past it and had unprotected sex until end of July when we started using condoms. So 1 month unprotected sex. Around August 9 he tells me he has a rash on the shaft of his penis. It is sorta red and it is mostly soft and flaky then red skin is underneath it but it is itchy. No burning is what he said. No problem with peeing. It is still there today (about 4 weeks) and hasnt changed in size. But it is harder from the rest of his penis now because he has been treating it with jock itch but it wont go away. He also has eczema flaky skin on the rest of his body but said he never saw it on his penis before. On Aug 22nd I took herpes test all negative. On September 3rd I woke up in middle of night feeling itchy and like something was crawling around my vagina. Like bugs. The itchy intensified and then my vagina felt raw. I self treated September 7th thru 9th with Monistat 3 day. This helped some of the itching but not alot. On Sept 10th went to clinic and nurse said vagina looked red and raw but saw no lesions. Took a yeast culture which was negative but they treated me for yeast anyway woth one pill Diflucan. Went back to clinic Sept 12 with pain with urine prescribed antibiotics but itching had lessened. Now Sept 14th vagina was burning bad all day and I felt a really small bump on my left labia plus felt like I had a cut on inner vagina same side. It really burned there. Looked with a mirror and thought i saw an ulcer. Not sure though. Today Sept 15th burning is slightly better but still there. Dont see an ulcer now. My questions: a. Does this sound like atypical herpes?? b. Should I test again? c. if the last exposure was May was my HSV ELISA blood test too soon? d. Could the rash on his penis be eczema? e. Can papercut herpes disappear that fast? Last sexual intercourse on Aug
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I think this is somewhat concerning, yes, the bump and the ulcer and the papercuts. But it certainly doesn’t mean that you have herpes. Has your boyfriend been tested? If yes, what it is his status. If he has not yet been tested, it would be useful if he was. The IgG test misses 30% of HSV 1 so that’s possible I suppose. If you get any kind of symptoms again,please have them swab tested. I would suggest that a dermatologist try to sort out what is going on with his penis. Herpes would not appear like this nor last this long unchanged.
Terri
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Thanks for your response. No my boyfriend hasnt been tested. His issue is better now but his penis is slighlt discolored still. I got a swab done of the cut and it came back negative for both HSVs as well as an IGG test and IGM (which I know is worthless) that came back negative for both but I know that it is still too early yet for IGG as we are only a little over 4 weeks out from my last encounter with bf. Can they swab test bumps? The tiny bump I have is in my inner lip on the left hand side. It is tiny and red and painless. I still have slight itchiness and that has been since my symptoms started Sept 2nd. Would the itciness of herpes stay around this long? Do you suggest I get the bump swabbed and do you suggest I get another igg at 6 weeks then also 12?
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I do think you should get bumps swab tested and repeat the IgG at 6 weeks – by six weeks, 70% of people who are going to make antibody will have done so. It’s not final,but it will give you some useful information
Terri
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It is highly unlikely that a herpes outbreak would last for four weeks also, herpes lesions do not bleed normally. If you have symptoms only genitally and you are only infected genitally, you cannot transmit through your mouth. It is good news that the PCR came back negative. If you want greatest clarity, you can obtain the Western blot when you work 12 weeks from the last encounter that concerns you.
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Terri
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The internal things like abnormal bleeding and abdominal cramping have nothing to do with herpes but I am concerned about your symptoms. Has you boyfriend been IgG test for HSV ? If not, that’s definitely the next step here. Do not decide this is herpes without evidence that it is. It could be bacterial or fungal. Let’s just keep working on finding out what is going on before jumping to a diagnosis.
You need to get your boyfriend tested
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Herpes lesions would normally last 3 days to 3 weeks, at the most, and during that time they would change in appearance. I will tell you that the vast majority of the time when people have only tingling, they test negative for HSV by western blot. I know, you’ve also had a couple of lesions so that makes it a bit more complex. These issues are never just physical, there is an emotional component to this as well, and I think in your case, you need the best lab test to either confirm that you have herpes or put this to rest. I would recommend you obtain the western blot at 12 weeks out. And let that be your final thing you do to rule in or rule out herpes. And yes, urethritis sometimes accompanies a herpes outbreak.
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