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Hi Doc,
Tx for the info regarding HIV test and interpreting my negative results.
As mentioned however I still experience this small red boil like spot on the head of my penis. It stays there for about a weeks and then the skin kind of sheds away and all is okay. It again returns after a gap of about a week. I have no burning or pain while urinating and it does not hurt at all. Some times i do feel a very slight itch in the genitals but rarely. I also have this burning at the back of my neck from time to time nothing substantial but can feel it occasionally. The neck too becomes stiff occasionaly again nothing major. I do notice single small bright red boils pop here and there on my body or leg or face....they do go away. More so my skin has gone dry and fell a scrathing sensation all over including my stomach above the waist. I see these small brown dots on my stomach a few scattered do not know if they were there before ...My lip feels like there are small white spots if stretched look like small boils but has not raised or broken, though skin is dry..winter???.Do feel the lips burn slightly on occasions. My last exposure was 6.5 weeks receipt protected oral and 8.5 weeks since protected vaginal and small saliva exchange. Signs began a weeks after second exposure. could this be HSV 1 or 2
Tx for the info regarding HIV test and interpreting my negative results.
As mentioned however I still experience this small red boil like spot on the head of my penis. It stays there for about a weeks and then the skin kind of sheds away and all is okay. It again returns after a gap of about a week. I have no burning or pain while urinating and it does not hurt at all. Some times i do feel a very slight itch in the genitals but rarely. I also have this burning at the back of my neck from time to time nothing substantial but can feel it occasionally. The neck too becomes stiff occasionaly again nothing major. I do notice single small bright red boils pop here and there on my body or leg or face....they do go away. More so my skin has gone dry and fell a scrathing sensation all over including my stomach above the waist. I see these small brown dots on my stomach a few scattered do not know if they were there before ...My lip feels like there are small white spots if stretched look like small boils but has not raised or broken, though skin is dry..winter???.Do feel the lips burn slightly on occasions. My last exposure was 6.5 weeks receipt protected oral and 8.5 weeks since protected vaginal and small saliva exchange. Signs began a weeks after second exposure. could this be HSV 1 or 2
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Great. Please let us know what the dermatologist says.
The problem with HSV blood tests are multiple and include false positive tests and that if your test is positive it does not mean that you recently acquired the infection. HSV blood tests become positive over time with about 95% being positive at six months after infection (a few people do not develop positive tests by this time but there are no data beyond six months). A negative test would be helpful, a positive test would not help much. EWH
The problem with HSV blood tests are multiple and include false positive tests and that if your test is positive it does not mean that you recently acquired the infection. HSV blood tests become positive over time with about 95% being positive at six months after infection (a few people do not develop positive tests by this time but there are no data beyond six months). A negative test would be helpful, a positive test would not help much. EWH
Hi Doc Thankx for above....I will follow up with a dermatologist as suggested. Just for my peace of mind to remove this fear of hsv, if I did a blood test what kind would you advice and what duration after the exposure.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No, it is recurring too often and your description does not sound like HSV. I think it is due to some other process. EWH
Hi Doc , thank u for above.....
would'nt the one red spot on the penis about 2mm to 3 mm which has kept reappearing on the head of the penis be an indication of anything (almost the same location).
Again no pain, no burning etc.
would'nt the one red spot on the penis about 2mm to 3 mm which has kept reappearing on the head of the penis be an indication of anything (almost the same location).
Again no pain, no burning etc.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome back to the Forum. I will be answering this new question. In preparing to do so, I reviewed your earlier interactions with Dr. Handsfield and agree with the advice he has provided.
My sense is that you are continuing to worry unnecessarily regarding the exposure you describe. The rash ("boils") that you describe on your lips and legs, as well as the skin changes you mention sound NOTHING at all like herpes of any sort (-1 or -2). HSV lesions do not occur at different locations around the body as you describe and do not recur with the frequency that you describe either.
My suspicion is that this rash that you have noted is some other sort of non-STI process, completely unrelated to the virtually no risk sexual encounters that you have described. It is past time for you to be worrying about STIs and now time for you to move forward without concern. There is no need for testing for HSV, If anything, i would suggest that you seek the advice of a dermatologist to find out what this might be- it is not HSV or any STI. EWH
My sense is that you are continuing to worry unnecessarily regarding the exposure you describe. The rash ("boils") that you describe on your lips and legs, as well as the skin changes you mention sound NOTHING at all like herpes of any sort (-1 or -2). HSV lesions do not occur at different locations around the body as you describe and do not recur with the frequency that you describe either.
My suspicion is that this rash that you have noted is some other sort of non-STI process, completely unrelated to the virtually no risk sexual encounters that you have described. It is past time for you to be worrying about STIs and now time for you to move forward without concern. There is no need for testing for HSV, If anything, i would suggest that you seek the advice of a dermatologist to find out what this might be- it is not HSV or any STI. EWH
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
