Herpes on Leg?

[havefaith427]

Back in February I got what looked like a herpes outbreak on my knee... Two of the doctors I work for said it was shingles... I've only ever had maybe 2 outbreaks genitally, none orally, and like 6 on my finger... Ring finger at that. Blah! They never did a blood test on me when I had my first ob just a culture test. So why is it spreading like this and not really staying where it typically belongs? Its just weird. The culture came back positive for type 2 and negative for type 1.

[NothingGoodGetsAway]

So you had a culture of your knee? Or a culture of your genitals only?

 

I would say you can't know what it is (especially if it's in an atypical place!) without a culture.

 

I had a worry about a canker sore in my mouth, had it swabbed immediately that day, and it came back negative. So that really helped me understand what was going on.

[2Legit2Quit]

I have found a couple bumps on the side of my hip that itched and now I found one on the back of my thigh this past week... If you get it on your finger's, that would be from touching down there, not that it spread, but w H on the bottom half, since it infects the ganglia that supports all those peripheral nerves, I feel it can pop up anywhere down there. I know a girl who had it pop up on her ankle only and it was swabbed and came back hsv 2, but she never has genital sores.

[Bambina3]

I was with a man that only used his hands on me and rubbing his arm, after he had a very bad break out there...lasted for weeks, sores...now that I reflect on it, I half wonder if I didn't transmit hsv2 to him ? (Just thinking out loud)

[2Legit2Quit]

Sounds very plausible @bambina3

[Bambina3]

@2Legit2Quit yes I just mentioned it in my thread as well, I never thought of until I read this question

[WCSDancer2010]

Back in February I got what looked like a herpes outbreak on my knee... Two of the doctors I work for said it was shingles... I've only ever had maybe 2 outbreaks genitally, none orally, and like 6 on my finger... Ring finger at that. Blah! They never did a blood test on me when I had my first ob just a culture test. So why is it spreading like this and not really staying where it typically belongs? Its just weird. The culture came back positive for type 2 and negative for type 1.

 

The reason you got it on the hands is that you likely handled yourself or your giver when you had some kind of a hangnail and it got in through the broken skin.

 

So did you get the lesion on the knee cultured? If not, insist on it next time it happens... I doubt it's shingles... that is usually REALLY painful, so the fact your Dr said he thinks that is what it is makes me wonder about his knowledge about the herpes viruses.... but either way, I think you have every right to insist on a culture so you know. If you have one there, odds are it spread there in the first few weeks (it's called autoinoculation and it generally only happens in the first few weeks)...