Jump to content

secreta

Members
  • Posts

    6
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by secreta

  1. @Flowerteacher55 Thank you so much for the reply! I did see an allergist/immunologist last week and she asked for some exams to check my immunity, so I'm currently waiting for the results of those and there's another exam I'm supposed to do when I get back there. She said that the itching could be related to stress 🤷‍♀️ which I guess could be, but last night seemed to happen just because I had some chocolate, which is really upsetting, because I also really love chocolate. Let's hope it was something unusual and I didn't develop an allergy to it. The Lysine supplement I'm taking also has Vitamin C and Zinc. I'm not sure if that could be causing an inflammatory response. I'll definitely keep an eye on it and start writing what I eat and how I feel, thanks for suggesting that. I really appreciate your help! Stay healthy and I send twice as many blessings and prayers to you 💛
  2. @Dreamz Hey there! I hope you're doing well. I was wondering if you got any response for your case, I've started to experience something similar lately and it's really uncomfortable, so I was wondering if this condition is possibly linked to HSV or not. I've got HSV about 7 weeks ago and a few weeks after my initial outbreak, I've started to get skin rashes all over my body, they itch very badly some bumps pop up, but then they go away on their own (normally they don't last the entire day, it happens more at night). Yesterday, for example, I've had a little bit of chocolate and about 10min later, my entire back started itching like crazy and was covered in bumps. I've never had this reaction to chocolate before and I know that it can cause an HSV outbreak because it has arginine, but I had no idea it could trigger a skin reaction. Do you or anyone else know what this could be? I'm not taking any antivirals at the moment, so the itchiness can't be associated to the drugs. The only thing I'm taking is a Lysine supplement.
  3. It really is! Oh sorry, I think I've done something wrong when I posted it 😅 Here it is: As you can see, it doesn't have much information. And the note below the chart just says that has been a change in the diagnosis kit they use for this test, so alterations in the results might happen. Stay well 💛
  4. @Flowerteacher55 ohh I see, I had no idea about the neurological symptoms. I've noticed I started to get itchy in other parts of my body too, do you think that could that be also associated with H? I thought at first I was having an allergic reaction to something or was just the anxiety. So my doctor prescribed me Acyclovir for 5 days at first and then the outbreak didn't really get better, so I took for another 5 days. It's been two weeks since I've finished treatment and 5 weeks since I've had the first outbreak. The sores I believe are healed, I can't see them anymore, they didn't scab, just sort of vanished. Also, thank you so much for the tip about not getting too focused on the symptoms, I definitely was getting obsessed with it. I didn't know psychosomatic symptoms were also a thing, but it makes complete sense, I even thought to myself "maybe it's because I'm hyper aware now and everything remotely different I feel down there, will make me panic". But I really appreciate that you're sharing this information with me and I'll try my best to not think about it as much. No problem, I know things can be completely different from one country to another! So in my case technically both tests the IGG and IGM came back negative at first. The IGM though my doctor said appeared to be rising, since I got tested not even a week after I started to show symptoms, I guess my number of antibodies was still too low to be detected. So when I retook the test last week, that's when both came out positive. Ohh I see, I really wish things were like this here. I don't know if the labs don't have enough technology or it's just something they don't know yet that can be done... I've got access to the results online, but they just say the Index Number and nothing else. And beside the number there's a chart where you can see "below 0.9 - non reactive" - "0.9 to 1.1 - indeterminate" and "above 1.1 - reactive". My results came back as 1.7, I'm attaching a screenshot so you can see (it's in Portuguese, but I guess you can get a better idea 😊). But, either way, I'll push my doctor to get more information about it. Maybe there's some other lab that I'm not familiar with that can do more detailed exams. Really? Yeah, I don't have visible sores right now, so a PCR test isn't even an option, right? But thanks for explaining nonetheless. Yes! Unfortunately women's reproductive rights are still very much rudimentary over here 😔 I've been researching a lot, but can't find any information online about it. I'll keep looking though, maybe I can find something or some new initiative shows up eventually. Thank you so much!! You're a very enlightened person and I do appreciate all the help. I couldn't find much information here where I live, but it's good to know there're people like you out in the world that can share information and give support to whoever is needing. I wish you twice as much love and blessings you're sending my way, you're very kind and beautiful! Thank you soooo much 💛💛
  5. @Flowerteacher55 Hi!! Thank you so much for the reply and all of the support, I truly appreciate it. This situation is giving me a lot of anxiety and it’s good to know that someone shares a similar story. So I’ve done both an IGG and an IGM test, but the thing is here in my country (Brazil) they don’t disclose the results separately to which strain of the virus you have. They test for antibodies for both type 1 and 2, so people never really know which one they caught. And doctors here just assume you have type 2 if it’s genital or 1 if it’s oral 😕 I believe the person I’ve got it from didn’t test their cold sores either, because it’s not something easily available to us. I’ve heard it’s possible to do a PCR test here and that apparently tells if it’s type 1 or type 2, but no one really does that. People usually just get their blood work done. I’ve heard that HSV2 is usually more agressive, but I’m not sure if that’s true. And thank you so much for sharing a little bit about your story, I was doing a lot of mental gymnastics thinking that it was impossible to get a genital infection from someone who has it orally and for me to not show any symptoms orally as well, since we kissed. I’m a bit more relieved to know that these crazy things can happen and I’m not the only one 🥺 I’m really scared, not gonna lie and I keep feeling a weird sensation in my vagina, like a strong tingling/scratchy feeling that lasts for a few seconds or minutes and then goes away. I keep checking with a little makeup mirror but I don’t see any visible bumps or sores and this is going on ever since I’ve finished taking the antivirals. Is this an outbreak? Is it normal to have these feelings in the beginning? I’m wondering if it’s just my body adjusting to the virus. It’s not extremely painful, but definitely bothers me. About testing for the strain of the virus, I’ll talk again to my doctor to see if there’re aren’t really any other tests available to find that out. Thank you once again for all of the support and prayers! I can’t thank you enough and I’m feeling much better after reading your message. Take care 💛
  6. Hello! I’m 25, female and I’ve been diagnosed with genital HSV a little over 1 month ago. This diagnosis has raised a lot of questions and I’ve been doing plenty of research, but still can’t find a few answers. I’m not from the US and here in my country the information about this virus seems to be quite outdated, so keep that in mind. I’ve started showing symptoms after I had unprotected sex (both oral and penetration) with this guy I was seeing. I’ve had to take a blood test twice, since the first one came out negative, but my doctor said it was probably because it was a recent infection, so I didn’t have enough antibodies to be detected yet. The second one came out positive, as I imagined. I told the guy I’ve been diagnosed with HSV (he was the last person I’ve had sex with, btw) even if my first blood tests came out negative so he’d also do a check up and only then he told me that he had the HSV virus orally and had an outbreak a few days after the last time we met (when I also started showing the symptoms). We both didn’t know if you could get genital HSV receiving oral sex from someone who has it in their mouth, when I asked my doctor about this she said they’re two different viruses, but doing my research I’ve found that both strains of the virus can cause genital and oral infections. So here’s my question, is it possible that I got genital HSV because he performed oral sex on me and was shedding the virus even though he didn’t have any visible cold sores? If so, why didn’t I get HSV orally if we also kissed before having sex? Or is it more likely that he had genital hsv as well and was asymptomatic? The tests we have here in my country don’t tell which strain of the virus you have, they just check for antibodies. I know that knowing these answers might not be really important, but I’m curious. I even went to see a different doctor to ask for a second opinion, but she also told me that genital and oral HSV are caused by different viruses and that’s all she knew about it. I appreciate it if someone can clarify a little bit more of this situation for me! Thank you and I hope you’re all staying healthy and safe ✨
×
×
  • Create New...