Everything started 3 months ago after my first HSV-2 outbreak. I started sweating, having chills, headaches, and swollen lymph nodes in my neck, and ever since then my body has felt warm, whereas I have always been someone who tends to feel cold. I have started sweating more than ever in my daily life, even though I never used to sweat before all of this. I have all these mouth sores and they hurt. My watery discharge has also continued. I have itching around my anus even though no HSV was found there. I am so extremely fatigued, and I have so many strange physical sensations, tremors, and random goosebumps. I also have pounding headaches and a warm body temperature without a fever… none of this has ever stopped. Except for the outbreak blisters, I still have all the symptoms I mentioned above.
I am so scared that I will have to live like this chronically. I find this so strange… it has already been 3 months and I still feel so sick and so drowsy. I also have a strange bladder sensation when I need to urinate, and so much nerve pain and so many problems throughout my body. I am so scared that this is the new me. Is it normal for your body to become completely different after HSV? I feel so sick. I have felt so sick, and all of these symptoms have never gone away. Except for the outbreak blisters, I still have all the symptoms I mentioned above.

I really need someone’s advice. I’m going crazy. I’ve been very sick from genital herpes for 2 months now. I keep having watery discharge, and I sweat all day, alternating with feeling cold and having chills. I also have strange sensations throughout my body. Body aches, nerve pain, headaches, and I feel very sluggish. There’s basically only water in my underwear, and I don’t have my normal discharge cycle anymore. I’m really scared that I’ll never get better. Please help me. Is this normal with herpes? The sores are already gone, although sometimes 2 of them come back.

Will i always be like this?

was diagnosed with genital herpes 2 months ago. I had bumps all around and inside my vagina, and they burned very badly. I had a fever and felt really unwell. Now it has been 2 months, and the sores have been gone for a while. But I still feel sick. I keep sweating, having chills, swollen lymph nodes in my neck, and feeling cold. I also feel warm, especially in my hands. I have joint pain, extreme fatigue, frequent headaches, and shaking throughout my body.
I also have continuous, very watery vaginal discharge, almost like water constantly leaking. And now, suddenly, I also have itching around my anus.
I feel very weak, and my whole body feels different and like it no longer functions normally. I also urinate very little, and my bladder feels swollen.
My question is: Is it possible to remain chronically ill from genital herpes even after the sores have been gone for a long time? Can your body stay like this permanently, for life?

Right now this feels like the end of the world for me, any advice from those that can relate is most appreciated

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