Swollen glands are a common symptom with herpes outbreaks,
especially in the first few outbreaks.  The swollen glands just tell
you that your body is hard at fighting some new invader, in your
case, probably, the herpes virus.

That doesn't mean you couldn't have other things, but by itself, it
is very common with herpes, so maybe that's all you have.

You ought to get to a doctor though, as soon as you can, and find
out more.

Take care,

Mike

Hi.

One of the most common symptoms of herpes is flu-like symptoms.  And swollen
lymph nodes are a part of that.

However, you need peace of mind so I suggest testing for HIV now and then
repeating the test in 6 months.  That will help you to ease your mind.  You
can also insist that your ex be tested.

Hope this helps a bit.

ar

Mike and Ar have already given good responses to the other part of
your post. But this part is a little unclear. When you mention HIV, I
can't tell for sure if you mean Aids or Herpes. So for the record, HIV
causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)  and is a completely
different virus from HSV which causes Herpes.  The two are in no way
comparable or related except they both can be transmitted sexually so
both are considered STDs. Some recent studies indicate Herpes (HSV)
sufferers may be more susceptible to infection by the AIDS virus upon
exposure to it because any sort of opening in the skin (i.e. lesion)
allows easier entry by HSV.  It's also possible that other factors are
involved but that's unclear. The point though, HSV doesn't cause HIV.
Or any other diseases besides Herpes for that matter. Be that as it
may, many people confuse the two because the initials are similar (HSV
= Herpes Simplex Virus ...and... HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
... but except they're both viruses, along with umpteen zillion other
types of viruses, they're two different things).

If you think you may have been infected by BOTH HSV and HIV, then yes
you should be tested. Wouldn't hurt to run a test now and another one
later (3 months).

I've totally missed your point, then the simple answer to your
question is, yes swollen Lymph nodes along with other flu like
symptoms are common symptoms of active Herpes (HSV), especially in the
early stages of infection.

M2

Ya know what, I was just sitting on the couch and thought of your post...
then it dawned on me. You were just diagnosed with HSV a couple of weeks or
months ago right? I'm assuming that you're worried about HIV based on the
same event that gave you HSV. If that's true, you can rest assured that your
symptoms now have nothing to do with HIV. To my knollege, HIV has no
imediate symptoms whatsoever. It needs to gestate for many months, years,
even decades sometimes before you really start having symptoms.

It's not like you're going to be sexually active for the next 30 days
anyway, so just wait it out and go take the blood test.