That carpal tunnel you speak of may well be herpes, Lm88317. Just to give you my story, I was exposed to HSV in July, and never before that in my entire life did I ever feel random burning sensations throughout my body like I feel now. I have burning sensations that come and go in my feet and toes, and shooting pains down my legs as well as in my fingers. The palm of my right hand (mostly the area between my pinky and wrist) sometimes will just randomly heat up and start burning for a few seconds. One morning I even woke up and my entire right leg felt like it was burning for about 5 seconds as I lay in bed and then it just stopped. I tested negative for HSV by IgG blood test at 6 weeks post exposure, so I'm going to have to wait another long 6 weeks before I test again, but I'm almost positive it's herpes that's causing this.
The sad part of all this is that I was only inside of her vagina for about 5 seconds before the condom ripped and exposed my entire penis. My penis has been constantly burning at the tip ever since July 16th, with a few days in between where it stops. The only thing close to a blister I've ever had is a bump in my pubic hair area that swelled up about 4 days after exposure. Doctor wrote it off as an ingrown hair, but the hard bump is still there over a month later. It doesn't look like typical herpes blisters, and it may not be related, but it hasn't gone away.
I have random lower back pain as well and my bowel movements are not the same. I was constipated for weeks at one point. Never was constipated before this in my life. Diet hasn't changed. All of these symptoms relate to herpes, but doctors don't seem to think so.
I read about so many people sharing my symptoms online who have herpes or have been exposed to it and don't know if they have it like me, and it just makes me depressed. The medical community seems to write this off as just some skin condition, and that if you don't have lesions then there's nothing to worry about, but I believe it's something much worse. And I do not want to ever give this to someone else if I do have it.