The gabapentim has helped significantly, but I still have aching periodically extending into my thigh which causes me concern.
Final question how often does someone have redness around the lips of the vagina and no initial outbreak? I know that the percentage is small to contract from a one time exposure with someone with no symptoms, but I am beyond scared.
That's a good plan.
Terri
Ok thank you. I am signicantly better. I'll hope for the best and will be retested at 16 weeks, unless I should do something different.
OK, both of his values are in the low positive range, but the HSV 2 is getting pretty high.
If he were our patient, we would order confirmatory testing for him.
I don't think prodrome would last anywhere near this long.
Terri
Terri,
The results were HSV 1: 2.33 and HSV 2: 3.03. The Gabapentin is 300 mg 3 times a day for 30 days. Still no break outs and the redness is significantly less. My concern is would prodome last this long?
Your symptoms honestly don't sound like herpes to me. You've had experienced clinicians look at you and say it isn't herpes, which is really valuable.
Gabapentin is a big time medicine and sometimes there can be problematic side effects. I'm glad you are feeling better, but not sure how long you are going to take it.
Let's talk about the results of your friend that is positive for HSV 1 and 2. Is it possible for you to ask him the numbers that go along with those test results? If he doesn't have them, could he get them? Sometimes people with HSV 1 have a false positive HSV 2. If he was one of them, we could certainly put your mind at rest, yes?
Terri
Terri,
I forgot to mention that I my negative test was at 3 weeks from lab corp.