1) can I get take home pcr swabs mailed to canada…..is this a difficult process? It’s too hard to convince drs here to swab for anything atypical and also I have never had anyone swab internally in my cervix area although I have had examinations that have showed no lesions.
We can mail swabs to Canada as far as I know without an issue. You can certainly gather swabs and ship them back to us. I’m not aware of limitations with shipping from Canada once you have collected them.
2). If it is disseminated, how risky am I with no fluid filled lesions if these tiny bumps are herpetic?
I do not believe at all that you have disseminated herpes. In 32 years I have never seen this in an adult. I have seen a person who had lesions on his finger on his forehead and on his penis though. These bumps do not sound herpetic to me but you could swab them to be certain if you wish.
3) have u seen people get cut type sores on their abdomen or on thick skin rather than mucous membranes?
Yes, I have definitely seen people get sores on their abdomen and thicker skin like buttocks
4) if u don’t shed from thick skin…u told me in a previous post but get sores on thick skinned areas…I don’t get it?
I guess I wasn’t clear that you don’t shed without symptoms on thick skinned areas. But obviously you do shed virus from lesions that are present there.
5) I had an encounter w ghsv2 male recently….we both were fooling around (no penetrative sex) I gave him a he and he ejaculated on my tummy….can e virus live in semen. His ob are on his testicles and he is taking aclivor….how much risk do I have here. We were kind of consoling eachother and we got carried away. I thought we were pretty safe and now I am worried about the semen….ugh.
A very large study out of UW showed semen is an extremely poor carrier of virus. And your tummy skin is thick anyway so I don’t believe that this encounter presented any risk of HSV 2 acquisition to you.
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Terri