Herpes

[James70]

Good Morning,

Mid-December 2019 I had a one unprotected sex with a girl I only saw a couple times.
Then at the beginning of January I started having severe itchy and tingling in my groin area for 1-2 mos which mostly went away. Then in August 2020 the severe itching and tingling came back again. This time I had swollen lymph nodes in my throat, fatigue, pain in my groin and feeling rundown in the morning. All this happened for 1 1/2 mos. The severe itching and tingling has most gone away (still feel it now and then) but I still have sore lymph nodes in my throat. I have had 4 IGG test that were negative and two Swab PCR test that were negative. I never had any sores that developed. I had two spots that were raw that I had swabbed in chance they were sores. I have gone and seen other doctors and they do not think it’s herpes but they have tried different meds and none seem to change my symptoms when I had them. They seemed to finally go away on their own. I sent in a WB and I’m waiting for my results.

1) Do you think that I have genital herpes or is it something else.

2) I donate blood and plasma, do you think that could affect for antibody test?

3) if I do not have herpes, what else could it be.”?

[Terri Warren]

1) Do you think that I have genital herpes or is it something else.

I think the statistics would suggest that this is NOT genital herpes

2) I donate blood and plasma, do you think that could affect for antibody test?

Not at all, no

3) if I do not have herpes, what else could it be.”?

I don’t know – perhaps a fungal infection of the groin?

Terri

[James70]

Good Evening Terri,

I just received my Blot results back and my results were negative but I’m still skeptical. When I had my reoccurrence of symptoms in August 2020 it came right when I was finishing a methylprednisolone packet that was given to me by my doctor. I have read that this packet suppresses you immune system and causes the virus to reactivate. Could this affect me IGG results? I have done multiple test for other things and the all come back negative and everything keeps pointing back to herpes.

[Terri Warren]

No, the steroids would not impact your results.
I think if you cannot feel certain about accepting the western blot results, then the only option left to you is to have the areas of concern swab tested when symptoms are present. But I would encourage you to try to accept the results of the western blot if you can.

Terri

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