Could Herpes Cause Nerve Damage?

kelby · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 3

Hi, I am 23 years old and had genital herpes 2 years ago. Onset of symptoms became chronic for the entire time. Medications did not work. Six months after I contracted the virus, I started to feel lower back pain and shortly thereafter, my leg started to ache. I am very afraid that I will have irreversible damage of nerves.

gawain · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 9

Hello, assuming you in fact had herpes, you have to know that only symptoms are transient nerve dysfunction, causing transient problems with urination and defecation, numbness or tingling for a few days before an outbreak, and rarely back pain, leg pains or other neurological syndromes. Herpes (Varicella) zoster infects nerve roots but with a proper medication is not necessary to come to irreversible nerve damage.

Could Herpes Cause Nerve Damage?

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