was told by one doctor yes and not sure by another.
It looks like you slammed your finger in a door to me.
i woke up with a red dot over night that hurt to the touch, a week later i developed tiny little blisters in the red dot, the pic i took 2 days ago.. ive had it since halloween weekend... if you look at the third pic from the top left u can see it more clear.
Can you give me more information? Seems unusual to me that you would get a herpes infection on your finger without already having it in general. Do you get cold sores? Do you have anything else on your mouth or genitals? How do you know something didn't bite you that was poisonous maybe. Not enough information to give you answers. The thing on your finger could be anything and if the one doctor who thought it was herpes didn't take a culture from it or do a blood test you need to get a third opinion. I'd go to a walk in clinic. What did you do on Halloween do you remember? Were you intimate with someone on that day? Or are you single and this came out of no where. Definitely need more info. That thing on your finger like I said could be anything. So far I'm coming out as negative for herpes since my symptoms are not typical so I can't even tell you what a real herpes sore looks like. I've seen them on lips of others and they scab over. I don't think it's herpes based on that picture especially if you have had it three weeks with no changes. You may have been bitten by something like a deer tick or something and it's infected. That would be my first guess. Not herpes. Go get another opinion and if anyone tells you herpes again tell them to do a blood test. I don't understand doctors who leave patients clueless like this. None of them gave you treatment? Also you could just go to a pharmacist and show them maybe try an over the counter antibiotic cream like neosporin or something. Ask them what they think.
i do have type 1, ive had it for over 10 years... one doctor that siad it was herpes prescribed me cream that treats herpes... i really wanted it swabbed but got denied.. the second doctor didnt think it was herpes but i told her a doctor told me it was, she said then maybe it is.. at first i thought it was a spider bite maybe but idk, i was hoping someone who has got herpes or seen them can give me some feedback if it looks it.
Herpes on the finger is known as herpes or herpetic whitlow. You can Google images of other people's infections for comparison or just click here:
Well if you have type 1 maybe it's possible you touched your mouth during an outbreak? They say it could spread to other places. So then yeah it's possible it is I guess.
Autoinoculation (self-infection) is usually limited to your initial infection/outbreak, when your body is still establishing antibodies. Since you've had oral herpes for so long, it is not likely the cause of your finger problem, unless it was infected back then and only now reactivating, but also unlikely. Look at the pics in the link I sent you once site admin has approved it.
So u don t think it's a herpe according to those circumstances?
Does the pic look like a herpe?
I can't really say what it looks like, as genital herpes (which is what I have) is quite different in appearance. All I know is that autoinoculation is both unlikely and unusual once you have an established infection, and a few years is very established! Is this the first time this has appeared on your finger, or have you had previous recurrences?
First time
That's "good", because if it's a recurrent issue, then that might seem more like herpes. Did you look at the photos in the link I posted? Does your finger lesion look similar to any of the pics? I couldn't really tell from your photos.
Yes I've seen the pics and many online, mine don't look like the ones on the finger but look like the ones people get on lips... this is the first time I do get this on my finger but then again I have never got another herpes outbreak since my initial one.