Wow, tough question. And frankly, it will not be possible to know who gave what to whom. At the time that you were first diagnosed with the severe infection, were any antibody tests done for you to determine if you had antibody at the time or not? That is the only way that you could know. If you were antibody negative with a positive swab test then that is consistent with true first infection – virus is present on the skin but not enough time has passed for antibody to have been made.
Although Crohns is certainly an autoimmune disease, I am not altogether clear about its impact on herpes outbreaks. We have patients in our clinic with both and I’ve not noticed that our patients with Crohns have a whole lot more trouble than those without.
Having said all that, let me ask you something about the nature of your first outbreak. Can you describe the distribution of lesions and any systemic symptoms that you may have had?
I will say that it is common to mix up the diagnosis of yeast and herpes. It happens all the time.
Now let me ask – why do you ask about this now?
Terri