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Hi All, I infected with GHSV 1 year back from one time act with sex worker. (oral and Sex both protected). Initially i thought it is Hsv2 and recent blood test was positive HSV1 and Negative Hsv2. Recent days i was in my home country in Asia and i didn't get much outbreaks except itching. Now i back to work to Europe very first day itself i got one  blister. Next day it became more blistry, i have atteched images of both. I have hair on middle of blister sometimes i will get blister without hair also. How to differntiate Herpes blister or something else. Please provide some info

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Hi @Quest. But i am getting very frequently in inner thighs(both thighs) in short area. Sometimes withou hair also and mainly these starts after my exposure only.

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59 minutes ago, Worstguyever said:

Hi @Quest. But i am getting very frequently in inner thighs(both thighs) in short area. Sometimes withou hair also and mainly these starts after my exposure only.

Don’t take people’s word on this site please seek medical attention if you see them again get them swabbed. It might look like an infected follicle but a member here got diagnosed that way so please see a doctor and get it swabbed. The recurrence leads me to believe it is hsv especially on both thighs but I could also be wrong so get them swabbed. 

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Thanks @Taintedgirl, The problem is this blisters are not at same stage when i go to the doctors after appointment (with in 2/3 days). Even now the above image is 12 hrs before from now but now that blister is gone. So everytime doctors are rejecting/ignoring my words. I am clueless always. 

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Based on your exposure and your symptoms I am doubtful that you have genital hsv1.  Oral sex is realy the only risk you describe that would be possible to transmit the virus.  However the virus would have been transferred to your penis but it was covered.   It would be rare to get ghsv1 from protected oral sex and to get the lesions on your thighs that is almost impossible from that exposure.  

Have you ever gotten an oral cold sore?

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13 hours ago, Worstguyever said:

Hi All, I infected with GHSV 1 year back from one time act with sex worker. (oral and Sex both protected). Initially i thought it is Hsv2 and recent blood test was positive HSV1 and Negative Hsv2. Recent days i was in my home country in Asia and i didn't get much outbreaks except itching. Now i back to work to Europe very first day itself i got one  blister. Next day it became more blistry, i have atteched images of both. I have hair on middle of blister sometimes i will get blister without hair also. How to differntiate Herpes blister or something else. Please provide some info

You were not diagnosed with genital HSV-1 at all. You're a married man who had sex with a sex worker and now you're wound up tighter than her g-string!

You have always tested positive for HSV-1 and you're simply just one of billions of people infected in their childhood.

Your pictures are of infected hair follicles with a bit of pus. You know this and always have, but I suspect you simply attempt to keep punishing yourself as a justification for not telling your wife.

Regardless of whether you decide to tell your wife or not, you need to put all this behind you. Please think about the man you've become, cowering under the doona with a flashlight looking for skin imperfections that most males carry on a daily basis. Is this the man your wife deserves?

You have a choices in life. Choose love and choose life!

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3 hours ago, WilsoInAus said:

You were not diagnosed with genital HSV-1 at all. You're a married man who had sex with a sex worker and now you're wound up tighter than her g-string!

You have always tested positive for HSV-1 and you're simply just one of billions of people infected in their childhood.

Your pictures are of infected hair follicles with a bit of pus. You know this and always have, but I suspect you simply attempt to keep punishing yourself as a justification for not telling your wife.

Regardless of whether you decide to tell your wife or not, you need to put all this behind you. Please think about the man you've become, cowering under the doona with a flashlight looking for skin imperfections that most males carry on a daily basis. Is this the man your wife deserves?

You have a choices in life. Choose love and choose life!

Don’t ever change Wilson lol @Worstguyever if you have finished the testing period and come out negative then move on sir. You made a mistake and you’re feeling guilty just be faithful from now on or you might actually belong here. I think you’re stressing yourself out and you need to just move on now.

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Hi W, here is what I want you to do. Let's say sometime down the line you may be diagnosed. I do want you to start building up your immune system, get some rest and calm down. I know, easy to say that. First I want you to google how to get cortisol out of my system" You are too anxious and I understand why. If you don't get the cortisol out of your system you will not be able to sleep, then the immune system will start to run down.

The good news: You have a good immune system and you can make it stronger so whatever is your challenge will be a distant memory! Why do I know you have a good immune system? You have white fighter T cells in the bump and you got rid of it in two days. 

Never own HSV  until you are actually diagnosed. We will address the itching or nerve issues later.  I want you to write an online diary to help someone else. Make a new thread and search the forum or google on how to get a healthy immune system. DEAL? :handshake: Search healthy immune system" or immunomodulation" Maybe start with thought stopping techniques. Yes, I am serious.

If you have the funds, get some phosphatidylserine 250 mg.  If you can't sleep take an hr. before you are supposed to be asleep. If you don't believe in naturopathic med then go traditional meds and I tap out. If you feel super stressed during the day you may consider taking it. I am no doc

 

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@Taintedgirl Yes my testing window period is over, it is 11 months from exposure and did blood test. HSV1 positive which i am already positive. (i got typical blisters in Nose 2-3 years back). Now my concern is GHSV from the exposure because i have these regular symptoms. 

@Scooby2112, i suspect two things, She was having more pimples kind of things around her mouth which is very close to my inner thighs and if she has GHSV1. I think both are possible. 

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They are completely infeasible however. There is no documented case of a male becoming infected genitally having an established oral infection of HSV-1. 

Herpes lesions on thighs are exceptionally rare even with HSV-2 owing to the thickness of the skin. Ongoing issues on the thigh from genital HSV-1 has probably not been observed either.

You are experiencing essentially pimples mate, and are likely to for the rest of your life.

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2 hours ago, Worstguyever said:

@Taintedgirl Yes my testing window period is over, it is 11 months from exposure and did blood test. HSV1 positive which i am already positive. (i got typical blisters in Nose 2-3 years back). Now my concern is GHSV from the exposure because i have these regular symptoms. 

@Scooby2112, i suspect two things, She was having more pimples kind of things around her mouth which is very close to my inner thighs and if she has GHSV1. I think both are possible. 

Try keeping the thigh area dry with baby powder 

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The thing is once you already have hsv1 orally you are practically immune to catching it in a new location.  

Therefore genital hsv1 is almost an impossibility for you since you have a long standing (old) oral HSV1 infection.  

In addition you wore protection so the Liklihood is so so so incredibly low. If you swabbed one of these and it came out positive I would conclude you contracted it long ago near the same time you contracted oral HSV1.  

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@Quest 1.93 is a low positive yes, for the HSV2 low positive range is 1.1-3.5 with the closer the number being to 1.1 the more likely it is to be a false positive provided that testing has been done at the correct time interval and there has not been an exposure in that time frame that could corrupt the results.

As far as HSV1 goes, low positives are less of a 'thing' for that. Usually it's false negatives that occur with HSV1.

GHSV-1 rarely is transmitted genital to genital without an active OB being involved.

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