Herpes blisters in inner thigh and pelvis - Herpes Message Board

HERPEST · 03-17-2005, 04:06 AM

Can anybody help me .
I had protected sex and unprotected oral sex while working away in China.
After3-4 days i had flu symptoms and pain in testes and groin.
Since then i have almost constantly had blisters .
These appear as red spots like insect bites with a yellow centre.
They heal in between 1 week and a month and fade.
They are predominantly on my inner thighs and in the hairs above my genitals .Nothing on my penis.
Does this sound like herpes?

CALI_GURL413 · 03-17-2005, 10:36 AM

I have something similar. I felt real sick one day. Muscle aches and felt like I had the flu. Next thing I broke out with a pimply rash on my inner thighs. At first I though it was flea bites, but they started to really hurt and look like pimples. I have them on inner tighs, pubic hair area, and buttocks. Nothing in or on my vagina...

My doctor thought it might be herpes and ordered a blood test. Well test came back negative for genital herpes, but she said it was positive for herpes above the waist. I guess up to 80% percent of adults have this type of herpes. Its surprising cause I have never had a lesion or cold sore..

Anyhow, she said rash is not herpes. She is now saying its Folliculitis. Which is when one or more hair follicules get infected from shaving, etc..It causes a staph infection in skin. I have an appt with a dermatologist to confirm..

So maybe that could be something you have. But I would see a doctor to confirm it.

Audrey-B · 03-19-2005, 06:58 PM

herpest, you CAN get herpes from protected sex as it's a skin to skin virus. Also, herpes doesn't just present itself around the penis on a man and vagina for a female. Most articles you read will say "genital", but it actually can it can appear from below the waist to the thigh area or as some people refer to it 'the boxer are', anywhere a pair of boxer shorts would cover the body. I'm female and i dont get it anywhere near my vagina, i get mine at my anal area and i didn't have anal sex either.

Your condition does sound suspicious and if i were you i'd be getting the sores swabbed by a doctor and refraining from any type of sex until you get your results. Herpes isn't a black and white case. Everyone seems to get differing symptoms, rates of ob's etc.

GvilleGirl · 03-19-2005, 09:02 PM

Cali Gurl. What your doctor said about you being positive for herpes above the waist makes no sense what so ever. A blood test can't tell where your ob will be. For instance I have hsv 1 which is usually on the mouth , but i have genital herpes from it. If I never had an outbreak and got a blood test they couldn't assume that it would be on my mouth. Hsv1 and Hsv2 can be on the mouth or genitals.

beaker24 · 03-20-2005, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GvilleGirl

Cali Gurl. What your doctor said about you being positive for herpes above the waist makes no sense what so ever. A blood test can't tell where your ob will be. For instance I have hsv 1 which is usually on the mouth , but i have genital herpes from it. If I never had an outbreak and got a blood test they couldn't assume that it would be on my mouth. Hsv1 and Hsv2 can be on the mouth or genitals.

Yup, I absolutely agree and responded to Cali Gurl in another thread to say the same thing. It is kind of concerning when a doctor talks in this old-fashioned way! "Herpes above the waist" does not really mean anything and is not a phrase which I think should be used any more and as you say, a blood test could not indicate the location of any infection.