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spendingurmoney
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Had lesions swabbed couple days ago. I'm still waiting on results. I feel like I've taken A swift kick in the vagina...it aches so bad. Is that a normal herpes symptoms? I was diagnosed with a rare yeast infection and bacterial infection. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the sores are from yeast, but I'm so afraid it's herpes.

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  • cartercali
    cartercali spendingurmoney

    Posted

    what's going on down there?

    Any discharge with odor.?

    What type of pain are you going through ?

    • spendingurmoney
      spendingurmoney cartercali

      Posted

      I started out with what I thought was uti symptoms...burning while urinating, feeling like I still had to go when I was finished, frequently going, two days later burning during bowel movement, some itching, and what looked like yeast discarge. Went to Dr. Urine looked fine, cbc fine, negative for hiv gonnorhea trich and syphilis but positive for bacterial vaginosis and rare yeast. Day after I went to Dr I noticed red irritated spots by anus and labia. They both turned into what looked like ulcers. Very sore and itchy. Never had any odor.
    • spendingurmoney
      spendingurmoney

      Posted

      Forgot to mention vagina is sore, the speculum killed me :-( and I literally feel liked I've been kicked in the crotch..super achy.
    • cartercali
      cartercali spendingurmoney

      Posted

      I don't want to call it .

      But you might be going through an outbreak ...

      Did you get swabbed for herpes ?? If so how long until you get your results back ...

      The first outbreak is the painful .. It all sounds familar to me . But I don't wanna mis diagnosis the best way to know is for the results to come back .

      Have you talked to any of your past sexual encounters and asked them if they had any past with herpes ??

  • FelizCastus
    FelizCastus spendingurmoney

    Posted

    Hard to say, but it could be herpes or a bad case of yeast, etc. Are either or both of your lymph nodes swollen in your groin? Do you feel achy all over, fatigued, generally unwell and/or have a fever? Frequent urination is not a sign of herpes, but painful urination is. When both frequent and painful, it's usually a regular UTI. Did your doctor suspect herpes or just the yeast, etc.?
    • spendingurmoney
      spendingurmoney FelizCastus

      Posted

      No swollen lymph nodes, none of the other symptoms you mentioned besides fatigue. First time I went to Dr was urgent care he didn't even test for herpes...when I found out all of std tests he did were neg and I found couple lesions I went to my Pcp she said they could be herpes but she wasn't sure.
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus spendingurmoney

      Posted

      It's not necessary to have all of those symptoms, but if you do, then herpes would be even more probable. Hard to say with the other issues you have going on down there, but at least they swabbed the lesions, I take it.
    • spendingurmoney
      spendingurmoney FelizCastus

      Posted

      Yea they did I about jumped off the table lol and they did blood test. I have a feeling it is herpes but then again I had convinced myself my gonnorhea or chlamydia was going to be positive as well. Thank you for taking the time to reply. I'm driving my husband crazy with my obsessing.
    • spendingurmoney
      spendingurmoney FelizCastus

      Posted

      Dr called and i had ecoli in my urine. herpes bloodtest was neg but swab isnt back yet.
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus spendingurmoney

      Posted

      Figured as much, due to the frequent urination. Guess it could just be a host of issues, but not herpes. You'd expect the blood test to be negative if this were new infection, so it comes down to the swab (and another IgG blood test at 3 months, if you're still concerned). Hopefully you'll get the swab results soon!
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus spendingurmoney

      Posted

      Oh, so sorry to hear that! Which type did they say you have? So, between the various doctors and tests, you were confirmed (not just visually) to have herpes, yeast, a bacterial infection and a UTI?? Since your swab is positive but your blood test negative (hopefully by IgG, not IgM), that means this is a new infection, presumably from your husband.
    • spendingurmoney
      spendingurmoney FelizCastus

      Posted

      Dr said was very new infection..well we had a threesome with a man recently. Idk what kind..there are different kinds? And omgosh yes i have all four all found on swab...well urine had ecoli :-(
    • Ryu559
      Ryu559 spendingurmoney

      Posted

      I just found out i have herpes don't know if it's 1 or 2 I haven't had a out break I took a test 2 and or 3 months ago I just dnt understand why I haven't gotten anything yet even before that I was ok
    • Ryu559
      Ryu559

      Posted

      My wife dosent even have symptoms either dnt know if it's a false positive im just scared
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus spendingurmoney

      Posted

      Yes, HSV-1 and HSV-2. It's important and useful to know the difference, so you should ask and find out. If they didn't type you, which would be annoying, you can retest for HSV-1/2 IgG antibodies at 3 months post-infection to find out. Your husband should probably test for IgG at 3 months p.e., too, whether he has had any symptoms or not. Sounds like the other guy wasn't "clean", but hopefully it's only Type 1.
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Ryu559

      Posted

      Post the type of test you had done, and if IgG, your index values.
    • Ryu559
      Ryu559 FelizCastus

      Posted

      I had blood test and urine but the thing is I dnt understand why the doctor didn't call me to let me know the second time I went it i asked the doctor if it was positive he told me know no yesterday I go in and get tells me I'm positive im like wtf I been here 3 times and u guys tell me now wtf I dnt have symptoms and my wife dnt have symptoms
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Ryu559

      Posted

      Ask for a copy of your lab results and post the details here. Many doctors are not up to speed regarding herpes and order the wrong tests or interpret the results too literally. It's not always so straightforward.
    • Ryu559
      Ryu559 FelizCastus

      Posted

      Hsv,ign 1/2 combination 1.02H

      Reference range 0.00-0.90 ratio

    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Ryu559

      Posted

      If this was a non-type specific IgM test, as I suspect, then it's essentially useless. IgM is not advised for herpes and is considered inaccurate. You need to retest by IgG.
    • Ryu559
      Ryu559 FelizCastus

      Posted

      So it's uset less ??? Then why would they tell me that
    • Ryu559
      Ryu559

      Posted

      So what does this mean?
    • FelizCastus
      FelizCastus Ryu559

      Posted

      Told you that many doctors are not up to speed with herpes. IgM is not recommended because it's not type-specific, does not determine recency, and is generally not very accurate. Google it and you will find many articles denouncing IgM testing for herpes. Think it's even mentioned on the CDC website. As a result, I would disregard your results entirely, and if you're concerned, retest for IgG by type. Remember, for herpes, always test by IgG, never IgM.
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