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Herpes all over body. Please help

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sarahsarah
sarahsarah

My doctor and other doctors don’t believe me but I know this is herpes all over my body.  My whole body has small bumps all over. Especially my chest and legs. I got genital herpes 3 years ago and my ex ended up getting it but it appeared on his scalp and body. Then because we slept in the same bed my scalp became so itchy and throughout a year I noticed small bumps and pimple like bumps appearing everywhere on my body. I can’t stop scratching and worst of all my family and coworkers have been scratching and saying they’re are itchy too now. Even my new bf says he can’t stop scratching his scalp and he’s been getting the bumps all over his body too and especially his face because of his facial hair.  I asked my doctor multiple times if this was a mutated form of herpes because it came from my ex being infected and I even got sick again with all the flu symptoms like I did when I first got the virus. Two of the worst times I’ve ever been sick and I didn’t even actually feel “sick” just intense body pain, bad diarrhea, stomach pain, and fever and chills. I’ve been washing my clothes and sheets very often and try not to scratch to see if it gets better. My doctor said I had folliculitis and said I need to wash more and shower more but I’ve been doing that everyday and it’s only gotten worse. So then I was told I have chronic folliculitis. Literally as I’m typing this I have scratched my head/face and body at least 20 times. The bumps won’t stop appearing. Everyone around me is getting infected. I feel like a goddamn lepar. I unintentionally infected my whole family and coworkers but yet the doctors say it’s just normal skin. Then why is everyone around me getting the same symptoms!!! I take my antiviral medication and it does nothing for me except stop the genital blisters. I’d rather have those then this extremely contagious skin disease. It’s all I think about every single minute of every single day. I can’t even be happy to think about my future because I am riddled with a highly infectious disease that is literally spreading to everyone close to me. I need help other than multiple doctors telling me herpes can’t spread to the rest of the body because that’s bulls**t. There’s a reason there’s no cure. The virus is always mutating with each new person it infects. I even said this to my doctor and she said it was impossible. I am afraid to touch things and to even sit on the couch because my family has been saying they’re itchy now out of nowhere and I know it’s from me. I want to cry every single damn day. And now I have herpes looking blisters on my toes. They hurt when I step on them wrong and they literally just look like herpes. I don’t know what to do. I need some serious help. There’s so many people around me that I see getting these symptoms after I’ve been in contact with them of their things. Please help me with any kind of advice. I’m taking acyclovir and lysine and I use tea tree oil shampoo and nothing stops the bumps and the itching !!! I am so desperate for some kind of advice or help because doctors don’t know s**t about herpes apparently. 

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  • drazil33
    drazil33 sarahsarah

    Posted

    This sounds absolutely horrible and you need a new set of doctors!! General practitioners only know so much but I would recommend seeing a skin specialist. They might have some better answers for you. Good luck!!
    • sarahsarah
      sarahsarah drazil33

      Posted

      When I saw a different doctor than my usual one he saw how freaked out I was so he had another doctor that knew more about skin conditions come in and look at me. She said it was nothing to be worried about and even rubbed her bare hand across my chest to prove it. Honestly I’d like to follow up with her and see if she has signs of anything. And after that I went to see a dermatologist and was told it was nothing as well and no possible way it could be herpes. I need to see a real skin specialist somehow. 
  • m20751
    m20751 sarahsarah

    Posted

    Omg this sounds horrific. I’ve never heard of anything like this before and I’m so very sorry you are experiencing this. I pray you get some answers soon. I’d definitely see a dermatologist. Good luck.
    • sarahsarah
      sarahsarah m20751

      Posted

      It is horrific. I feel like I’m living in a nightmare and that this isn’t real. Anytime anyone scratches their body or I see new pimples on people’s faces my stomach just drops and I have to internalize my terror of what I’m spreading...
  • sheila1973
    sheila1973 sarahsarah

    Posted

    Iam so sorry u are going through this. It may not be herpes all over your body. Ask your dr if its molluscum contagiosum which it sounds like. That condition is highly contagious. Go see another doctor. Praying things get better for u. If u need to talk or vent hit me up
    • sarahsarah
      sarahsarah sheila1973

      Posted

      I will definitely look into that. Unfortunately my insurance is more expensive now so I haven’t been back to the doctor in a couple months. And thank you so much. It helps a little to talk about it. Because I have no idea what’s going on with me. And I’m so freaked out every single day
  • haz83342
    haz83342 sarahsarah

    Posted

    Are you sure it is herpes? Did you have blood test?

    Did you see a dermatologist?

    It seems to be other thing like Scabies!

    • sarahsarah
      sarahsarah haz83342

      Posted

      I fersure have herpes. Was diagnosed during my first outbreak. It was pretty bad. And it was confirmed through blood test a couple months ago that I have hsv2. But what’s all over my body I cannot say for sure but pretty much anyone that has shown signs of the itching or bumps had been complaining of being sick with body aches and diarrhea around the same time. And dermatologist was not helpful. She said it was normal skin but it’s not. My chest has hundreds of tiny bumps. Some slightly bigger that look like a small Whitehead. When I look up close at my chest and neck I can also see a bunch of what looks like tiny little scabs. My skin has never looked like this. It started after my ex got it all over his body. It transferred to all over my body now too. 
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