January 23, 2015 at 6:22 pm #3191

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The dr. Said there was nothing left to swab. I don’t know what to do now. I cannot get another herpes blood test for a while or would have to wait for whatever it was to reoccurr to get it swabbed. I know you can’t tell much from the photos but there are clearly tiny scratches, do you see that? I get I have type 1 and would have have a milder first outbreak but it seems your research and answers on this forum suggest that herpes can even just be redness, mild irritation, miniscul fissures, and can be of any duration, even unusually short like 2-3 days without even taking any kind of antivirals. That’s so disheartening. Is atypical herpes really the norm? Then the medical literature should get rid of the wording “blisters, open sores, that crust over etc because that clearly doesn’t seem to be the norm. I’m sad because I have to wait and deal with this anxiety till the time to retest. Perhaps it’s my own fault and own anxiety and excessive need for reassurance but it’s all fueled by the idea that it could present in any kind of way.