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Turns out the throat thing was fluke. It was nothing. I have HSV 2 so not oral.

This is literally my problem currently. Had my first outbreak almost a month ago. Healed up. Had a second outbreak 3 weeks after that with only one tiny blister that went away after 3 days. Now the itching is unbearable. The only thing that subsided it is Epsom salt baths but I can’t live in the tub every day. Night is also the worst and I scratch in my sleep and don’t realize it.

Because I hadn’t had sex in a year and a half, then had sex and two days later had my first outbreak. Experienced everything one is supposed to during a first outbreak. Could have been a walking text book version. I was at the doctors that day for her to look at the blisters and she sent me for immediate blood work. The swab came back positive, the serum came back positive and the levels were showing I have had HSV 2 for over 4 weeks which doesn’t add up considering the guy I slept with happened 48 hours prior only. So I was informed I was a carrier and it’s just coming out now. Something triggered it and my guess is going from no sexual contact to sexual contact.

Thanks for your input! I was confirmed yesterday that I only have HSV 2 and no HSV 1 which I’m surprised with considering something like a ridiculous high number has 1. I also found out I was a carrier and I’ve had it for awhile but my first outbreak only just occurred this month. I’m now experiencing my second outbreak 3 weeks post diagnosis. I also have nerve damage from the severity of my first outbreak. It is awful! I constantly feel sun burnt everywhere and I haven’t even gone into the sun. I am constantly itchy everywhere (and I mean everywhere!). It’s all the symptoms of a sunburn minus the actual rash/burn itself. I’m now on nerve blocking meds to try and subside it but the moment I go off them it comes back. If I get 4 more break outs in the next 12 months I’ll be on permanent suppression meds which I am hopin I don’t need.

Literally exactly what I am experiencing right now! 3 weeks and 5 days ago I had my initial outbreak. Took the meds. Finished them. Everything was constantly itchy even after it was confirmed everything was healed up. 3 days ago I felt comfortable enough to wear underwear. Today I just noticed a bump on my labia and it’s painful! I seriously cannot go through this again it was the worst pain of my life next to labour.

I am 3 weeks and 5 days since having my initial first genital herpes outbreak (HSV 2). 3 days ago I felt good enough to start wearing underwear again. Now today I am showering and feel something down there. A bump. I also aggrivated it I think by touching it. I jumped out of the shower and pulled up to my mirror to look and sure enough there is a bump on my labia but it also has a pin head red dot in the middle of it. Could this be a second outbreak? It hurts now. There isn’t any other sign of anything else but now I’m freaking out. My first outbreak was so bad I missed over a week of work and couldn’t even move. :(

Thank you for that advice. I am a walking herbal pharmacy right now lol. I’m taking majority of that. I couldn’t put anything on it at all besides baby powder. This included aloe Vera... the plant. Everything burnt. I’m now on day 11 and finished my pills. The sores are gone but you can still see where they were. I also found out I have nerve damage because of how severe it was. I missed a week of work which isn’t good. My doctor will not put me on suppression therapy though. Here where I live they will only put you on it if you get outbreaks once a month of 4-5 times a year. Which sucks because now I’m stressing of when I’ll have my next outbreak. I’m not worried about telling people. To me if they won’t be with me because of it that’s cool. I respect their decision. Missing exercise is a huge thing for me. I haven’t been able to work out the entire time and I’ve gained 7 lbs. I eat extremely well and always have. Not into sugars or chocolate so I don’t think that can trigger it.

I got my first outbreak 9-10 days ago and while I have since healed it still feels like I have something happening. The chaffing feeling is still there no matter what I put. Walking or running makes it worse. I really want to go to the gym or go for a run but can’t seem to take the feeling. How long until you were back to regular routine?

Had similar but mine didn’t smell. Mine also came after the blisters burst.

Thank you. Not to dwell on one comment but just because someone else has it worse off than I do doesn’t mean that doesn’t give me a reason to not be upset. I am upset. I also have stage 1 cervical cancer as well so I seem to be having some sort of bad luck all in that region down there. Perhaps I should have been a nun lol. The only reason why I referred to it as “the bad one” is because I have seen about 10 different threads on this particular site where that’s what people seem to refer to it as. What bothers me a lot is the interruption and granted this was my initial OB it interrupted my life in more ways than one. I was unable to work for an entire week, wasn’t able to have my child (I’m a single mom) because I couldn’t handle the pain, I missed an important event in my sons life, I wasn’t able to go to a couple things which ironically this was the most busiest week over the next 6 months of my life. It was just a nuisance. That and combined with my other treatment it’s just been a life changer for me.

I don’t know why I was hoping for HSV 1. Maybe because I’ve gone through tons of posts on this forum where people are quoting HSV 2 as “the bad one” but I want to curl up into a ball and just cry. Any sort of comfort or advice is really needed right now. I’m a wreck....

So I’m 7 days into my first outbreak. I find the only thing that makes me feel better is epsom salt baths and baby powder. Everything else topical just burns the crap out of it. My doctor said it is one of the most severe cases she has ever seen to make it worse. I was yesterday to see her on day 6 and was diagnosed on day 2. See here is what bothers me- I only had two sores on my labia that have since healed but I keep getting numerous by the anus. Which of course I’ve never done anything anal sex wise or really anything physically in that area. Today I woke up to two new sores and one massive blister there. I mean massive. Probably the size of a dime! When I asked my doctor what the heck was going on she said said it was like a “kissing virus” in that one side will get the sores and then the other side will be infected because it touches automatically. I asked if she knew when this would end and she’s estimating probably another 5 days but each day a new blister starts I can tack on another 5 days. Honestly the pain has gone away and it feels more like an annoying chaffing between my butt. Besides taking the antivirals and lysine, is there anything else that I could possibly be doing to make this go along faster with healing? I really miss working out and I’ve been told not to until it is clearly gone. I’ve gained 5 lbs even though I’m only eating healthy! I’m taking baths 2-3 x a day which does wonders clearly for my vagina seeing as they are all gone and healed up but my butt just keeps getting them. I’m so frustrated.

I’m on the antiviral but I was just given a nerve blocker yesterday.

I asked my doctor about sex and she says if you have lesions in your vagina those can take weeks, if not months to heal. They might not be healed yet.

I agree with you. I feel so dirty and disgusted with myself meanwhile the guy I caught it from is a carrier and displays no symptoms. So he continues looking great and having sex and I feel like I’m having to hide under the blankets for the rest of my life. I live in Canada and while we have universal coverage (somewhat) you need to push doctors for every single thing. Our sex education is awful! When I found out the first thing I said to my doctor was “but we used a condom and I got the gardasil shot!”. Gardasil doesn’t protect against herpes at all only 4 strains of the 100’s of types of warts. Condoms don’t protect either! While it protects the shaft, if they broke out on another area guess what? SOL. Oh and hey, they could also have it in their throat and not know it either so better not kiss them. Seriously I am so angry and literally blind sided by this “illness”. He had NOTHING on him. Clean shaven downstairs and everything. Absolutely nothing on his mouth. When I asked when he last had an STD test he said a week after he slept with the girl before he slept with me. Of course I assumed that means EVERYTHING but hey, HIV, HSV, syphillis are all separate tests that specifically need to be requested here where I live and even then the doctors won’t normally do them unless they themselves suspect something. Wtf. This should be standard yearly!

I went back today and my doctor said I have one of the worst cases she has ever seen (oh yay!). She prescribed me a nerve blocker because it’s a part of the virus and she said it’s affecting my nerves and it’s not allergy related. She also said I’m not scabbing at all but instead it’s just disappearing. Not sure if that’s a good thing or bad thing yet.

I’m wondering the same. I’m on day 6 of my first outbreak and my legs feel like they are on fire and have a bad sunburn. There is nothing there! Now this morning I woke up and on my thigh I have pin sized red dots all clustered! Not itchy or raised. I’m also not getting scabbing at all and it’s just disappearing it seems or just simply remaining an open sore. Then last night I noticed another cluster of blisters further out on my butt! I made a doctors appt for this afternoon because to me it seems at this point it should be healing... :(

I’m 5 days into my first OB. The back of my legs are on fire. It hurts to have anything touch them even a skirt or sun dress. Is this normal for the scabbing/healing process? I don’t know what’s more painful right now- the constant feeling of my body being on fire or my genital area.

Right but that was at the beginning for you right? This is when the scabbing is happening for me.... so somewhere between middle and end of my first OB. I’m just hoping it’s not a second break out while my first is healing....

I’m on day 5 of my first outbreak. The pain is slowly subsiding. Nowhere that it was yesterday but I still cannot wipe down there at all as the pain is still unbearable. I’m on suppressants and wondering if during the “healing” process it’s normal to feel shooting (wouldn’t call them pains?) in my vagina/clitoris. I also have burning at the back of my legs. My entire body is itchy too. When I go online I noticed those are symptoms of an OB starting up. Which I never got anything like that. Is it also normal for the healing process?

I’m onto day 5 of my first OB and while the fever subsided and my muscle aches are for the most part gone, all my blisters on my genital area are open (which is the worst amount of pain ever by the way!), yesterday afternoon I noticed white at the back of my throat. Now today I’ve woken up with a sore throat! I’m taking suppressants at 1000 mg 2x a day. What the hell is going on?! Shouldn’t it be starting to heal by now and not causing more outbreaks in other places? I have nothing on my mouth or tongue... yet. Just on my tonsils.

I’ll give my story and please give me ANY advice or expertise you all may have. I have never ever had an STI or STD. I’ve always been in monogamous relationships and it has been well over a year since I had sex. I met someone... well not met but I knew for awhile. We slept together before but went our own separate ways. Anyways we talked about hanging out again and I trusted him a lot because of our previous friendship. I asked if he had anything and he said no. I hadn’t either. The week before I shaved and it had been a really long time. I went to the cabin and sat in the sun all weekend. Came home and shaved again and had a spray tan. I had sex the Wednesday and gave him oral. We used protection for the sex part. There was nothing on his mouth, face, or junk area. I’ve never ever done anything anal wise in my life. The next day I went to work and by the time I got home I couldn’t keep my underwear on. I thought I had a serious case of razor burn and decided to give myself a bath to soak it. I came out of the bath still with the burning so I pulled myself up to my mirror to have a look and saw two bigger bumps on my labia. I saw one smaller white bump near my anus area. By night time it hurt so bad I missed work and went to my doctor first thing. Immediately she looked and said it looked like herpes. She asked if I had it before and I said no. She asked if I was feverish or had body aches and I said no. However I had started working out recently as well so I account my muscle soreness to working out. She took a swab of all the lesions which she said some were already broken and others not and sent me for blood work to find out which type. I was sent home with Valacyclovir 1000mg to be taken 2x a day. I have since been crying. We used a condom and nothing was showing on him. She said it didn’t matter if a condom was used or not he could be a carrier and not even know he had it. By the time I came home at 4 PM that day I had a fever of 104 and could barely move. My entire body was itchy and I had a bad headache. My entire body just hurt and not from a workout. I had to bring my son to my ex’s parents and make up a bs excuse as to why I couldn’t watch him. The next day the fever had disappeared but I had my lymph nodes swollen in my throat and behind my neck. I noticed more blisters had popped and the two original lesions I saw on my labia had actually disappeared. I slept on and off the entire day and missed seeing my son. I had two Epsom salt baths and tried different things to help the pain down there by my anus which is where it is sitting. The labia does not bother me at all. By the night time I had more lesions around my anus! How the heck is this possible when I’ve never even done anything with that area sexually?! Today is now day 4 and by far the worst for pain. I cannot walk. I have cried majority of the day from the pain and I’ve screamed numerous times into a pillow. I had another Epsom salt bath which seems to be the only thing I can tolerate. I bought Lysine and I’m taking 3000 mg a day and Lanocane, aloe, tea tree, witch’s hazel and Peneton diaper cream and I will never put that stuff on me ever again. It burned to the point I was screaming and crying. I had another bath to get it off and checked in the mirror how everything looked and noticed all the blisters had broken. However this is absolutely the worst pain I’ve ever experienced next to labour! It still does not hurt to pee though just to wipe. I noticed my lymph nodes in my throat have gotten back to normal but when I looked this afternoon I had white dots at the back of my throat! This is completely new! Is the antivirals not even working?! I find the only thing that helped is baby powder and laying on my side in bed with a pillow between my legs. Otherwise the pain is unbearable. I can’t stop crying. I can’t imagine going through this the rest of my life. Now I’m wondering if it’s HSV 1 or 2 which I’m awaiting to find out. It has taken away from my life completely. I’ve missed work, I’ve missed an important event in my kids life that I can’t get back. My entire weekend has been shot. Any advice or thoughts would be great. I’m scared and I know it’s easier said than done to say time passes but I have read horror stories about people getting constant recurring episodes and I have the absolute worst luck.

Pee doesn’t hurt at all actually it’s the only thing that relieves me! It’s so odd because it started with two bumps on my labia that I assumed were ingrown hairs and the doctor said it’s herpes and did the swab and blood test (still awaiting type). That’s when she saw there was a whole bunch around my butt! I seen it the night before and went in first thing the next morning and started the pills right then and there but it seems the only thing the pills have done is made the fever go away. Everything else is still there and today is by far the worst pain I’ve had down there. This is now day 4. This afternoon I noticed the white in the back of my throat but again it doesn’t hurt. I hope it’s gone by Wednesday. I thankfully don’t have to work tomorrow but I have a busy day at work Tuesday and Wednesday I am required to be somewhere where I need to be physically active (not sexually) but I can’t back out of it :(

Once the blisters burst it lasted two weeks?! Omg I’ve been on the verge of going to the hospital because I can not tolerate the pain anymore

I am on day 4 of my first outbreak but 3 days into taking valacyclovir. I’m on 1000 mg x2 a day for 10 days. I’m also taking Lysine 3000 mg daily. Aside from being horribly ashamed I am in the most pain of my life. I have not left my bedroom in 3 days and if I’m not sleeping I’m crying in so much pain and pounding my pillow. I don’t know which type yet as I’m awaiting confirmation from my doctor. Today (day 4) I looked in my mouth and noticed white stuff in the back of my throat but no pain but the nodes are swollen! This is new! I have a ton (probably 6 or 7) sores around my anus that have burst and the pain is unbearable. This is weird because I’ve never had anal sex before or done anything anal wise. I’ve been taking Advil but it’s not doing anything. I can pee fine without pain but I can’t wipe. I’ve had 3 baths with Epsom salts and attempted to put on diaper rash creme which made me scream bloody murder. I’ve tried aloe, lanocane (not sure if it’s written correctly), witch hazel, Vaseline and honestly everything that touches the spots near my anus makes me scream. I only have two or three by my labia and they do not hurt as much as the other area. Now that they have burst how long until it starts scabbing over?! I can’t take this pain and I’ve already missed two days of work because I can’t walk or sit. I have to lay pantless with a pillow between my legs to open up to make sure my butt cheeks don’t touch :( this is awful and I never wish this on anybody. Please tell me it gets better. I keep seeing posts where it’s outbreak after outbreak and where people’s sex lives are what’s causing the problem. If this is seriously how it is I won’t actually be able to live because this pain is unbearable.