HSV2 positive but outbreaks on back and arms not on genital!!!!

Hey Kevin, I can't help with too much but can tell you I'm mid my second OB. I've got one tiny spot "down there" which was itchy and sore when going the loo but nothing much and nothing like my first OB. What I have had though yesterday and today are bumps which are like bites, insect bites or something, popping up on my lower back and tummy, upper thigh and one on my arm. Super itchy and hot and then gone in a few hours. I've never had them before so I know it's got to be related. I knew it was common to appear in the boxer short area but I know nothing about symptoms in other areas... But I am like 99% that what I'm getting is related too and it isn't solely in the genital area. It's too much of a coincidence for it not to be related.

So I have a similar things happening to me but opposite of you. I was diagnosed with herpes type 1 through blood test but my 2 outbreaks have occurred in my genital area. My doctor tells me it's type 2 but my blood test says otherwise. I'm still confused and so is my doctor.

Hey Kevin,

I am in a similar situation. I conrtacted HSV2 from performing oral sex. Had a terrible initial outbreak in my throat but ever since then, I have had HSV2 lesions appear on my mid and upper back, lower part of my thigh, and on my right foot. Very bizarre and doctors don't know much about this but from searching the internet I think this is pretty common. It just has to do with where the virus makes its home in your nervous system. I too would love to understand what makes it appear in many different places on myself. Im also paranoid it will show up on my genitals but have no clear evidence that that has happened and I've been positive for about a year.

Doctors were baffled but I know it possible through skin to skin! 

My partner finds it very difficult to accept  

I have genital herpes and have had it for years. I have not had any outbreaks in years. If I feel the slightest itch I take acyclovir immediately and itch stops.

I have an area on my arm ( at the bend in the arm) that frequently starts to itch and when I scratch it small sores appear. I'm not a doctor but I believe they are a herpes outbreak. My doctor agreed. Again I take acyclovir. It Itches so bad it drives me nuts. To stop the itching I use an ice pack and put on the location until the itching stops.  By doing this when the itching first starts I am able to stop the pain and discontinue any outbreak immediately. Hope this helps. It has worked for me. PS A dermatologist told me to use the ice packs.

It may not be a herpes outbreak but I treat it as such anyway.  

I have had four OBs and all have been on the same area of one arm. To my knowledge, I've never had it anywhere else. The last outbreak was last month - that's when the doctor finally did a test and discovered it was HSV2. Prior to that, it was thought to be shingles. 

Same situation as you Kevin. I have outbreaks on my left wrist, left armpit, middle of my back, and recently on my right palm, which the palm occurrred two years after the others. tested positive for HSV2, but it has never been on my genitals. It does itch and hurt a lot. My dermatologist seems confused by it. It seems like not a lot of research has been done on it. Pretty frustrating. I also have a lot of pain after, I think it is PHN. Good to know I'm not alone.

kevin,

ive been hsv2 positive for about 7 years now and while my initial outbreak was a tiny spot down there, since then I primarily get it on the inner side of my left elbow. happens about once a year. take lysine and eat a lot of lysine rich foods to prevent outbreaks. alcohol, caffeine and sugar are known to be the worst for causing outbreaks,

Hey! You are the first other person i have heard of with this issue. 2 years ago, a small rash appeared just above my left knee. Both the swab and blood work confirmed it was hsv2. Not sure when i contracted it since i had been single for years prior to my initial outbreak. I have never had genital symptoms and have had a hard time finding any information on anything other than genital. Definitely hsv2. Definitely not genital. I have been to multiple doctors to find more answers about if i can spread it sexually (even though the actual rash is not at that site), if i can autoinnoculate myself, etc. Multiple doctors have told me it's not possible to have it where i have it and to re-test, or they give me wrong information because they don't know. I was told that it can only be transmitted while symptoms are present but all the research I've found says it can be transmitted asymptomatically. One doctor assured me it will always return to the same spot and i can't get it in 2 locations, then another doctor said if i touch my knee then touch my face i can spread it to my face. They said i could have got it from the gym, but that's gladitorium (only hsv1?). One doctor said i could have gotten it from a dog licking my leg - also a different hsv. One doctor told me it was "disseminated" which it's not. So far, I've had 3 breakouts over 2 years and each occurred at the same site. I'm not sure how big of an area the virus sheds across, if it can shed at multiple locations, or if it can be transmitted through discharge even if the rash is at a different site... The doctors don't seem to know either because of the location. One website said when the virus is active it sheds through the entire "boxer shorts region", hence prodromal pains or tingling. Another says it only sheds where the rash is. I don't care where it came from, it's easy to live with, hsv is super common, I just wish there was information available for hsv2 that is not and never was genital. Does having it on my knee mean i can't get it elsewhere? Is it not sexually transmitted in my case (unless buddy has a knee fetish and wants to has a vigorous go at my knee)? What is time? Are we just space dust floating around aimlessly? What is consciousness? Can ants get Cancer? Why am i still awake at 2:30am? At what point of this abhorrently long reply do i hire an editor and illustrator? I think "shoe" should be spelled "shoo" and "show" should be spelled "shoe".