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sores on arms and legs?

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emily00078
emily00078

hi all, hope all is well

as of two weeks ago, i experienced my first outbreak of HSV1 on my vagina/butt, and am just about all healed up. I didn't think i'd see the day but almost all signs of the sores are gone!

however, right as it was almost done healing, i started noticing little bumps (only about four and kinda spread out an inch or so from each other) on my arms. my boyfriend has poison oak which i have never had, and just figured it was a small reaction to the oak that i was having as well. 

they itched and oozed, and in the back of my mind i really dont think that this is poison oak.

i had a small scab on my wrist from falling a few weeks back, and last week it became really sore and swollen and puffy. few days pass and theres small skin colored bumps all around it. today, it's about an inch wide circular sore with more bumps on the edges.

some of the bumps on my arm have opened/scabbed. some haven't opened. i have two now coming up on my legs.

i know having herpes on places other than mouth/genitals is rare, but this honestly feels/acts the same as what i experienced a few weeks back. 

i have been taking epsom salt baths daily

just today i started using lysine ointment on them, and the past week i have kept hydrocortisone cream on it as well. 

i'm just really sick of having sores and skin problems, as of three weeks ago i had never experienced any of this and at 21 it's pretty scary!

i guess i'm just wondering after all of that ^ is if anyone else has experienced sores on other parts of their body besides mouth/genitals. 

thanks guys for your time! xxx

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  • flawbeautifully
    flawbeautifully emily00078

    Posted

    If you have a outbreak on your genitals you have hsv2 the hsv1 is found around your mouth i have hsv2 and i never heard of someone spreading it to their limbs such as arms, legs, hands, ect....they say once its down there thats where it stays unless you touch and open sore w/o washing your hands then rub your mouth or eyes (which i dnt knw who would do that knwing they have herpes???😕😧😬😮) but im sure u could be jst paranoid but nothing is impossible my best advice is go get it looked at honey

  • feelbroken
    feelbroken emily00078

    Posted

    Can you take a picture and upload it? You gotta do it from a computer
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