1 gram twice a day is the appropriate dose for a newly acquired herpes infection or suspected newly acquired infection.
By the way, the Valtrex dose I am on is 2 500mg tabs twice daily for 10 days. Then 2 500mg tabs daily. That's 2g a day. Too much?
no, that is not normal discharge for herpes. give the flagyl a couple of days more to work and if the discharge is still there on monday, they can retest you for vaginal infections then too.
Thank you so much. I bought the dermoplast yesterday and it is helping a some. Is a lot of dark yellow discharge and sometimes pink tinged normal with hsv? And by a lot I mean sometimes I feel like I am urinating on myself a little. I am having to wear a pad.
dermoplast spray ( the blue can for the genital area, not the red can ) is a spray on topical anesthetic you can use to spray on anywhere it hurts. It's usually under $10 a can in most drug stores.
you can also try soaking in the tubby with epsom salts thrown in too.
alternate tylenol with advil unless you have a medical reason not to - i.e tylenol 1000mg at 6 a.m, advil 600mg at 9 a.m, tylenol at noon, advil at 3pm etc. it gives you pain relief similar to some narcotics without the side effects.
ice - apply it to the area that hurts.
when you see the gyn, ask for the type specific herpes igg blood testing to be done since it'll be too late then to repeat your lesion cultures. call the clinic your culture was done at before you go too.
Update. His blood test came back negative.
Thank you for answering. I was hoping it would be you who did. He went to the doctor today for a yearly checkup on bp and cholesterol and asked his doctor to test him for herpes too. So they did a blood test on him for it. He also talked me into making an appointment with a gynecologist and I have one scheduled for Monday. I have pretty much accepted the fact that I have herpes, but him and my mama are both in denial and are trying to talk me out of believing it. I just want factual answers. Soon. Is there anything I can do to help relieve this pain? I am miserable. Right now that's all I am worried about. If you have any advice for this please help.
odds are that neither you nor your partner have ever been tested for herpes before to know your status. at this point, give the clinic a call in a week and ask what your lesion culture results were . if they are negative, both you and your partner should seek out type specific herpes igg blood tests to see who has what. If your lesion culture is Positive, ask which type and your partner will need tested to know his status too. most health departments do not offer type specific herpes igg blood testing so you will most likely need to seek out the testing elsewhere.
not sure what valtrex dose you were given but it should be 1gm 2x/day for 10 days. once you know if this is herpes and what type it is, you can better decide with your partner whether to continue with treatment or not after that.
grace