[No sores, constant irritation for 2 months]

On 1/8/2020 at 8:37 PM, TreeHugger44 said:

BlurneWorder, I don't think your symptoms are from stress or in your head as I have almost the EXACT same thing.  For 2 years.  HSV IgG 1 and 2 negative, and pretty low of a negative at 2 years (0.23 and 0.19).  When you say you once tested positive for HSV1, was that an IgM test?

I also get itchy bumps in groin/on buttocks, which doctors always call folliculitis.  But it comes with a terrible itchy prodrome and always comes back. And never pus filled, always fluid, but no "typical" HSV looking. Last time was negative for bacterial culture. I also have constantly tingling/chapped lips, irritated and red corners of mouth, sore throat, itchy face, itchy butt check, small ulcerations in mouth occasionally, itchy butt, weird itchy zits (but not zits, tiny but clear fluid not pus), itchy eyelashes, dry eyes.  Occasional brain fog, once at work I couldn't remember the name a doctor I had worked with for years.  Also like you mine is more constant than cyclical.  Always one thing or the other although the itchy actual bumps downtown have finally become less constant.  

So...many people here with negative HSV tests and similar symptoms.  

Has anyone had a lesion swabbed for HSV PCR or Varicella?

Has anyone had the blood PCR test for "disemminated" HSV?

Does Acyclovir or Valtrex help anyone?  I feel like it helps a little but once they had me try the protocol for active shingles of 1000mg Valtrex 3x a day and it did not help clear up my butt. Took it for 6 months with no relief, then switched to acyclovir which maybe helped?

What are the odds that lots of people can be negative for HSV IgG but have tons of symptoms?  What are the odds all of them are also Acyclovir resistant?  Or maybe this just IS the symptoms of one particular resistant strain?  What else can it be?

Help I am desperate! But wanted to let you know you're not alone. Also I am so tired of itching all night.  

 

Hello,

I had unprotected sex and oral sex 3.5 months ago with a girl who later found out she has hsv2. Ever since then, I’ve had discomfort urinating and discharge from my penis (on antibiotics for it it now), red/tenderness on the tip, fordyce spots on the base, facial acne, white spots show up on my lips, now tingling and white heads showing up on my upper lip (not on the actual lip, but in between the lip and my nose. My dermatologist said it looks like a pimple. I got one swabbed a week ago and praying that it comes back negative. All my blood work has come back negative. I did IGM, igg, and PCR. All of my doctors (primary care, urologist, urgent care dr, and derm) thinks I don’t have it. I am really scared, and I’m running out of excuses and lies to avoid seeing friends or going into work.