1.Again I forgot to add this but the lack of swelling and scabing of my finger also brings me hope.
And I think that should definitely bring you hope, yes!
2. As for my question 3 I meant to say that the hangnail healed up before any of my finger issues occurred. Then after about 6 days or more after my first patch and about 9-10 days of alcohol the second dry patch showed up leading from close to my original spot to over the location of the hang nail. I was thinking it would be weird for my potentially infected hang nail to heal up before any symptoms then show up as one of the latest symptoms.
And I agree with you on that.
3.Also, your response to my 4th question; was it suppose to say “yes, that doesn’t sound like herpes at all”
Correcct.
4.one more piece that makes me think this might all be in my head. about 3.5 to 4 weeks after potential infection I decided to sub lotion into both my hands to try and deal with the chaffing. I started to feel throbbing in 3 of my fingers on my other hand. I feared I auto inoccuated my other hand. Then I got a dry patch in my pointer finger which scared me more, could have been due to the cold weather but it just added to my fear. it ended up peeling along the the outside of it till my second knuckle. This finger was always susceptible to dryness but it still made me fear herpes.
Honestly, herpes does not look like dryness on the finger – it looks like blisters, certainly not dryness.
Terri