Hello again

So it's been almost a year since I was diagnosed with oral Hsv1. I've had one maybe two cold sores since. The 1st may not have been a cold sore but whatever it was I eradicated it with garlic and salt within a day or two. This most recent one seemed to occur right after taking 6000 IU of Vitamin D3. I've read in some places D3 may trigger an outbreak.

1). Is this true to your knowledge? Have I aggravated an otherwise solely dormant infection to now occur over and over (one website suggested this). I also got rid of that cold sore pretty quickly using the same method.

I peeled of a film from my lip where the cold sore was (about 4 days after the onset), where I basically burned it off. It seems to be gone for the most part. Anyway, I massaged Retin A into a nearby breakout along my jawline using the same finger from my lip. I know what you said about the virus remaining in my trigeminal nerve, but,

2). Can it manifest inside acne?

Finally, a little semantic confusion: I've read two different wordings on asymptomatic shedding: "people with recurrent cold sores...." and "people with oral Hsv 1 (<--meaning type specific blood test +, or initial outbreak only)..." shed the virus asymptomatically once a month (give or take)/"18% of the time."

3). So if you have the virus but never display symptoms, do you shed it just as often as someone with recurrent outbreaks?

Thank you again. You are my peace of mind.


This discussion is related to Possible HSV1, or something else...confused..

[gracefromHHP]

your prior post in the herpes expert forum was too old to continue posting in so your post was bumped over to the patient to patient forum.  If you want Terri's advice, you need to pay again and start a new post.

a cold sore will not disappear in a day. odds are the symptoms you treated with garlic wasn't really a cold sore if it went away that quickly.

no, herpes isn't active in acne .

correct, on average you are shedding the virus the same amount of time regardless of how often you have obvious cold sores.

grace