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Back of (upper leg) tingling: The "prodromal phase"

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Johnna
Johnna

So I fooled around (felacio) with a woman that is postiive for HSV 2, also enaged in condom (protected) intercourse. ...

I showed the intial symptoms of fever and  rashes, never had an outbreak, not on my gentials, but I do get some very redish rash (exzema) near my nostrils, on my cheeks. I usally scratch them and they get all liquidy and crusty, I did try to get one swambed once, but I think it was a bit too late, since it was already healing. and it came back negative for HSV... these rashes barely last 24 hours and my face clears up. 

2 months later contracting HSV.... I went for a blood test for type, it came back HSV-1... but for months now I have a constant tingling from my buttock to the back of my knee on the back of my upper leg. I understand that this is the "perdominal phase" but I never had gential outbreaks yet, it has been six months. ny testicles are always 'warm' in tempreature and are quite red, the redness never goes away. After shoign it to many doctors and Sex health nurses, they all brushed it off as nothing, some said it could be "yeast infection" 

Anyway now that it has been 6 months, I finally went for my second type test, I am still waiting anctiously, should be ready in less than a week.

Should I expcect HSV-2 psotive since I get the constant tinglling on the back of my legs?

I read that only HSV-2 casues "prodromal phase" of tingling on the back of the legs... (ie: Not oral herpes HSV-1) Also can you just "suffer" through this prodromal phase for months without an outbreak? or the outbreak shuold follow very soon after the perdormal phase tingling? 

Thanks in adnavce for your answeres 

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  • Johnna
    Johnna

    Posted

    Sorry for the terrible typos, I do not know how to edit a post on these forums.  This is the first post I made. 
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Johnna

      Posted

      I don't think you have herpes, but best thing is to test, which you're already doing. Your last test was negative for HSV-2, since it only came up positive for HSV-1 (then again, you didn't say when the last possible exposure was, when you were tested, how, your test values, etc.), and herpes does not tend to continuously linger for months with no first outbreak within a week of infection.
    • Johnna
      Johnna FelizCastus

      Posted

      I am pretty sure I have it, I've been with this same girl for four months (I stopped seeing her in mid December, which was also the last time we had sex (always protected)) she did get Back on Valtrex shortly after we got intimate in early September. Unfortunately not soon enough, like three-four days before I gave her felacio. I am praying that my blood test results will come back Again as just positive for HSV-1... I do show lots of symptoms of HSV-1 even though I've never had an outbreak. My chin, right below the left corner of my mouth gets super tingly, this happens once a week or so, but my butt and back of lower leg is tingling on daily basis... Which is the greater concern, meaning that after 6 months (now) since my first sexual encounter with this lady who's HSV-2...My test may come back This time as HSV-2....

      Remember my first test was done barely two months into being intimate with her, and at that time I probably had intercourse and mutual oral with her only a few times.

    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Johnna

      Posted

      So, you had HSV-1 before your ex-gf, or you think she gave that to you, too? I trust you realise that they are two related but separate/different viruses, and that the number does not indicate location.

      If she only has HSV-2 and you have HSV-1, then you got Type 1 from somebody else before her. Type 2 rarely infects the oral region. The sex you had was always protected and she was on meds essentially the whole time, so the odds of transmission should be low. You would also normally expect a first outbreak within a week of infection. How long was it until you noticed the leg tingling?

    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus

      Posted

      P.S. Type 1 oral herpes would not normally resolve in 24 hours, nor would it tingle on a weekly basis. Next time you get a facial rash, have it swabbed by pcr/dna - much more accurate, even on older lesions. In case that is the test you had done when it was first swabbed, then it is likely a true negative. Oral herpes can often occur without symptoms. Js
    • Johnna
      Johnna FelizCastus

      Posted

      Thanks FelisCatus, you're on to something here...I am honestly not sure if the swab was a pcr/dna type, it was done at my local sex health clinic to test for presence of HSV. I got it done about 16 hours after I "forced" to "shave" a layer of the skin off my face by scrubbing it (hard) with a towel after getting out of the shower. Also at that point I think I also had it medicated with an over the counter rash, cold sore ointment. What usually happens is my face turns really red, around my nostrils, on my cheeks, my skin becomes very tender and the pores on my face kind of shrink (close??) like if my normal skin had the textures of a basketball for example, the texture will just smooth out (become a bowling ball) and my cheeks will become really red. Especially after I get out of the shower ... The tingling usually bothers me enough for me to scrub my skin with a towel until it breaks open and the pores kind of "air out" causing a bit of a sticky, clear liquid to show up, not unlike a thin layer of sap on a tree trunk. And this sticky, open rash is very painful and sensitive to the touch, a burning sensation would be an accurate description.

      Just a few days ago when I went for my blood test I also talked throughly (an hour) about my situation with a sex health nurse. She said "you could also may have a mild case of scabies" I think it could also be syphilis. I am in desperate need of seeing a proper dermatologist. My Gp totally ignored my request for him to refer me to one.

      Even if I could get another doctor to refer one for me: It also takes a month or so in my country to see a dermatologist.

      Also, the fact that my testicles are always (constantly) being red and warm is another cause for concern to me that no nurse or GP has cared to look further into.

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