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Hi Terri,
6 months ago I had protected sex with a questionable individual. A few weeks later I had very bad burning on side of groin, Perineum, and butt crack but visible lesions. Symptoms subsided after a week or two when I discovered jock itch cream. A month later the burning returned after a long car ride which continued for several days until I used lotrin again. I went to my local health clinic about questionable symptoms and they weren’t too concerned because I wasn’t having an outbreak. In my research I first thought I could have gov but discovering info about herpes really scared me. I went and had first IGG test which is 6 months after exposure and came back negative for 1 and 2 <.2. I’m trying to calm down but I recently experienced the butt chafing again so I’m going to the doctor tomorrow. I have several questions for you but the first is this:
Is it possible to transfer a genital infection to friends and family non-sexually? Through sharing drinks, or possibly going to the bathroom and forgetting to wash hands.
I’ve been driving myself crazy around people with washing my hands and hand sanitizer. My biggest fear is that I have a daughter who is 2 and a half who I take care of, change diapers etc. It’s getting to the point where I limit physical interaction with her.
Thank you very much
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It sounds to me like you are dealing with a mild fungal infection. The little dot sounds nothing like herpes to me. Nothing you’ve posted sounds like herpes to me, actually. And good you were actually seen and evaluated – I would suggest that you trust that opinion and go back to normal interactions with your child.
I would agree that if your test is negative, that you accept that and move on with your life.
Terri
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No, that is not something to be concerned about in terms of a herpes infection
Terri
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I’m finally getting over the fear of transmission to my child. Did you say correctly in the visit that you have never heard of a case where a parent could transmit hav by scratching themselves and then changing a diaper and applying lotion?
I did say that, most assuredly
For my own cbt efforts should I be telling myself that there is no possible way I could infect my child? I have a daughter and I know a lot goes on down there so I don’t want to live my life freaking out every time she has something going on down there.
Yes, you should be telling yourself there is no way you are going to infect your child.
1. If there is no concern about passing it to a child in some way, how come people can auto-inoculate themselves?
When someone has new herpes, they might not yet be aware that they have herpes and touch a lesion and touch some other vulnerable part of their body. But truly, autoinoculation is rare.
2. My daughter has had two red dots on her butt that have been freaking me out. They looked like dots that were blood red, and open. Very small. The reason it freaked me out is because they were there one week and then healed after a bit, and then within a week came back. Her doctor said she thought they were papilla because when she pressed them they turned white which she indicated meant that they weren’t deep. If this were HSV would not open sores be painful? She hasn’t had any pain or itching. I was just freaking out because they came back.
Sounds nothing like herpes to me
Terri
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If this were a herpes recurrence, would it last this long?
noI’ve read they usually only last 7-10 days and that symptoms don’t come and and go.
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1. I’ve read that you’ve never seen an indeterminate change to positive, if my last encounter was 8 months ago, would it be safe to assume that whatever answers I get on the blot will be definitive, and that if it’s indeterminate I can consider it negative?
The guidelines from UW is that if you’ve not had sex in one year, you should consider the indeterminate a negative2. Have you seen a lot of cases where people where causing themselves similar symptoms to herpes because of all the stress? Psychosomatic symptoms I think they’re called. My doctor thinks that may be what i’m doing to myself.
Well, yes. Certainly. But what I see most often is people noticing very small symptoms that would normally have gone unnoticed but because herpes is a worry now, they get over- noticed, if you will, and attributed to herpes, which is often an error.Terri
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