Hello, just a few questions hopefully someone out there can answer: back in 2007 I was diagnosed with Herpes Zoster, a.k.a. Shingles. About a month ago I started experiencing night fevers, swollen glands in my neck, and all these little red dots (not itchy) all over my tummy and back, as well as got a shingles OB on my right foot. About 2 weeks ago, I got sores DOWN THERE. I visited my ob-gyn, who took one look at me and said "I'm sorry, but u have herpes". He prescribed me 400 mg of Acyclovir five times a day, which I've been taking for that long. I'm still experiencing the pain and discomfort (when I don't take 750 mg of echinacea and 500 of excedrin WITH the acyclovir every four hours). Can anybody tell me if the combination of shingles and herpes can cause the little red dots, or could it be something much worse, like AIDS? I've done a little research and know that AIDS symptoms are very similar to herpes symptoms. I go in tomorrow to get the culture results... Please help!!!