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Hi all,

Still trying to get a diagnosis after many months.  I am wondering if bad pain during urination within a week of exposure could clear up within a day or two for an initial OB, or if the bad pain would last much longer if it was an initial OB for someone who has never had HSV1 or 2. Docs said prostatitis or urethritis, but changed their minds after all urine tests came back negative for any bacterial infections. I've had other potential symptoms of HSV infection but I'd like to hear answers on this particular question from those that have confirmed GHSV cases. Thanks for any input.

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Mine lasted around 7 days I think and  started about a week after exposure and only started getting better after being on anti virals for a few days. I had lots of herpes spots by day 5 after exposure  but they didn't start hurting when I peed until a couple of days after that. The pain is excruciating like I had to bite down on a towel when I peed to scream into it and I have a high pain threshold. Hope this helps but also remember everyone is different and some may clear up quicker than others  

Edit* the outbreak lasted weeks but the bad pain whilst peeing lasted for around 1 week ( once the meds kicked in this stopped.

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While everyone is different, from what I've read, initial outbreaks typically last 2-3 weeks. I was diagnosed during a routine GYN exam. My doctor ordered the standard blood draw, and I came up for HSV1/2. I was not having any symptoms at the time, but I was immediately brought to mind of something that had happened about 4 or 5 months prior. I had swollen lymph nodes, fever, and a sore on my vagina that, at the time, I thought was just an ingrown hair. In retrospect, that was probably my primary outbreak. About a year and a half ago, I had an outbreak that was gruesome, at least to me, I had internal and external blisters, and peeing was excruciating. Sometimes, as weird as it sounds, peeing in a bathtub of warm water helped a lot. Have you been tested for HSV? What are your other symptoms, and how long have they been presenting?

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On 8/22/2019 at 11:09 AM, DownWDisease said:

While everyone is different, from what I've read, initial outbreaks typically last 2-3 weeks. I was diagnosed during a routine GYN exam. My doctor ordered the standard blood draw, and I came up for HSV1/2. I was not having any symptoms at the time, but I was immediately brought to mind of something that had happened about 4 or 5 months prior. I had swollen lymph nodes, fever, and a sore on my vagina that, at the time, I thought was just an ingrown hair. In retrospect, that was probably my primary outbreak. About a year and a half ago, I had an outbreak that was gruesome, at least to me, I had internal and external blisters, and peeing was excruciating. Sometimes, as weird as it sounds, peeing in a bathtub of warm water helped a lot. Have you been tested for HSV? What are your other symptoms, and how long have they been presenting?

Thanks for the response.  I have been tested for HSV over and over for 5 months (IgM 1 time and IgG over 5 times) and been negative on everything, including a swab of a red rash and of an irritated urethral opening.  My very first symptom of anything was VERY painful urination that lasted about a day or two if I recall, followed a week or so later by a sore throat, chills, night sweats, and fatigue.  Things settled for maybe a few days, then came an extremely itchy anus/rectum with redness for weeks, itchy groin with no redness at all, then eventual red, itchy rash in groin and increase in redness on penile skin with mild itching. Never had a lesion or blister anywhere from what I've seen. Nothing seems to coincide with typical herpes, but herpes isn't always typical from what I've learned. Creams of all kinds from doctors are not helping at all.  I seem to have a new bug no one has ever come across (doubtful), or an atypical case of herpes or something similar. 

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On 8/22/2019 at 8:15 AM, G77 said:

Mine lasted around 7 days I think and  started about a week after exposure and only started getting better after being on anti virals for a few days. I had lots of herpes spots by day 5 after exposure  but they didn't start hurting when I peed until a couple of days after that. The pain is excruciating like I had to bite down on a towel when I peed to scream into it and I have a high pain threshold. Hope this helps but also remember everyone is different and some may clear up quicker than others  

Edit* the outbreak lasted weeks but the bad pain whilst peeing lasted for around 1 week ( once the meds kicked in this stopped.

Thanks. Did you experience general discomfort when urinating for quite a while after the excruciating part was done, or was it instantly over after the week with antivirals? 

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On 8/25/2019 at 5:37 PM, HerpesOrNot said:

Thanks. Did you experience general discomfort when urinating for quite a while after the excruciating part was done, or was it instantly over after the week with antivirals? 

The pain was gone but I felt discomfort for around 10 months on and off to be honest. I always had a burning raw feeling down there but all the time, not just when I peed 

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On 8/25/2019 at 11:48 AM, HerpesOrNot said:

Thanks for the response.  I have been tested for HSV over and over for 5 months (IgM 1 time and IgG over 5 times) and been negative on everything, including a swab of a red rash and of an irritated urethral opening.  My very first symptom of anything was VERY painful urination that lasted about a day or two if I recall, followed a week or so later by a sore throat, chills, night sweats, and fatigue.  Things settled for maybe a few days, then came an extremely itchy anus/rectum with redness for weeks, itchy groin with no redness at all, then eventual red, itchy rash in groin and increase in redness on penile skin with mild itching. Never had a lesion or blister anywhere from what I've seen. Nothing seems to coincide with typical herpes, but herpes isn't always typical from what I've learned. Creams of all kinds from doctors are not helping at all.  I seem to have a new bug no one has ever come across (doubtful), or an atypical case of herpes or something similar. 

Hmmm, yeah, it doesn't sound typical of Herpes, but I'm not a trained professional...have you been tested for all other STI/STDs?

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On 8/25/2019 at 4:48 PM, HerpesOrNot said:

Thanks for the response.  I have been tested for HSV over and over for 5 months (IgM 1 time and IgG over 5 times) and been negative on everything, including a swab of a red rash and of an irritated urethral opening.  My very first symptom of anything was VERY painful urination that lasted about a day or two if I recall, followed a week or so later by a sore throat, chills, night sweats, and fatigue.  Things settled for maybe a few days, then came an extremely itchy anus/rectum with redness for weeks, itchy groin with no redness at all, then eventual red, itchy rash in groin and increase in redness on penile skin with mild itching. Never had a lesion or blister anywhere from what I've seen. Nothing seems to coincide with typical herpes, but herpes isn't always typical from what I've learned. Creams of all kinds from doctors are not helping at all.  I seem to have a new bug no one has ever come across (doubtful), or an atypical case of herpes or something similar. 

Did u have balanitis with this simthoms 

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On 10/24/2019 at 11:30 AM, Ely said:

Did u have balanitis with this simthoms 

Possibly but not a single doctor said i had it and no treatments had any noticeable impact. 

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On 8/30/2019 at 10:49 AM, DownWDisease said:

Hmmm, yeah, it doesn't sound typical of Herpes, but I'm not a trained professional...have you been tested for all other STI/STDs?

Yes all of them, several times each, since the time you asked and I forgot to reply to this thread. I am about to request a biopsy of several parts of my groin, shaft, butt, you name it. I am so frustrated.

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