Herpes and other skin conditions

[domh21]

Hi everyone hope you're all doing well.

 

I have a general question. Does anyone else have another skin condition in addition to H? I have sebbhoric dermatitis and right now it's really annoying me. Basically it's an overgrowth of skin and it bugs. I have it on my scalp mostly (a tad worse than dandruff) and I have dry patches on my face and it itches and bugs. That was one thing I was already dealing with before herpes. When I received my lovely gift that condition ironically calmed down but it seems to have flared up again. I was starting to feel a bit bummed about it. My family and friends say they can't see it but I see it. It makes me feel gross sometimes. But I told myself I have to shake it off, ok so I have two annoying skin conditions so what? I'm still awesome!! lol

 

But my question to anyone who may have this or something similar to this, is there added risk to spreading herpes to the other skin areas? Or am I just being paranoid? Can anyone relate to this?

[sugarplumfairy]

I have eczema/atopic dermatitis. I can totally understand your concern, I was worried about the same thing. Auto-inoculation is very rare so I wouldn't worry about spreading it to yourself, however if you are having an outbreak I certainly wouldn't be touching one irritation then the other, but I'm sure you already know that. The frustration and paranoia surrounding what h could possibly do or where it could go is terrible. Anyone else have any input or info on this topic?

[domh21]

Thank you sugarplumfairy. Glad to know you and that you can relate. :-*