Does herpetic whitlow blisters fill back up?

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+ Would a herpetic whitlow blister on the finger bust, then fill back up creating a another blister?

+ Also, I took my young nephew to the urgent care yesterday because his eye was red, watery, and had yellowish white goopy discharge. Does this sound herpetic?

+ The jeans I wore when I took him had holes in the knees. He was rubbing and scratching at his eye, he was scratching my bare knee when we were waiting with the same hand he was using on his eye. IF this was herpetic, if there a risk of getting herpes on my knee?

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I have an additional question, but could you still answer my above question as well, please.

+ does using the same single pcr swab on multiple lesions on different fingers effect the accuracy of the swab?Or do providers typically only use one swab for multiple lesions? Should multiple swabs have been used?

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[Terri Warren]

+ Would a herpetic whitlow blister on the finger bust, then fill back up creating a another blister?
It could yes

+ Also, I took my young nephew to the urgent care yesterday because his eye was red, watery, and had yellowish white goopy discharge. Does this sound herpetic?
It does not

+ The jeans I wore when I took him had holes in the knees. He was rubbing and scratching at his eye, he was scratching my bare knee when we were waiting with the same hand he was using on his eye. IF this was herpetic, if there a risk of getting herpes on my knee?
that’ is extremely unlikely

does using the same single pcr swab on multiple lesions on different fingers effect the accuracy of the swab?Or do providers typically only use one swab for multiple lesions? Should multiple swabs have been used?

Providers typically use the same swab over multiple lesions to increase the odds of getting a real positive on the swab.

Terri

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I had a concerning lesion pop up on my finger and then the next day more popped on other fingers on both hands. The first lesion popped on a Monday afternoon and I went to urgent care to get swabbed on a Wednesday afternoon/early evening. The original lesion was pcr swabbed along with the other lesions using same pcr swab. PCR came back negative, was this an accurate time from from first symptoms to getting the PCR, can I trust that my negative is accurate?

[Terri Warren]

Yes, I think you can trust your negative PCR swab.

Terri

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