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just diagnosed
Good Morning
After much reading the forums,i decided to join.
I have recently been diagonses with HSV2, my IGG was 4.85.
I got this from oral sex.
My questions:
1.My PC put me on daily Valtex supression,I know it's my choice and my first outbreak was so mild that it looked like small hair follicales,I had no pain, symptoms,blisters only that the did go for about a month on and off,I assume thats why I am on suprressive
Are there any bad side effects with Valtrex?
I have had none so far and no outbreaks since I started taking it, over a month ago.
2. I have no partner but if I decide to get intimate and stop the Vlatrex,I am afraid of getting an outbreak during sex,can this happen?
3. If i decide I would rather not have any anal or oral at all with someone, just mutual masterbation and or foreplay,what's the chances of transmission assuming one person has no HSV?
4. Does the 4.85 number mean anything. as opposed to being higher or lower? It was Herpesselect test.
5. What may trigger outbreaks, I have read so much about it that it gets too much after a while.
thank You
After much reading the forums,i decided to join.
I have recently been diagonses with HSV2, my IGG was 4.85.
I got this from oral sex.
My questions:
1.My PC put me on daily Valtex supression,I know it's my choice and my first outbreak was so mild that it looked like small hair follicales,I had no pain, symptoms,blisters only that the did go for about a month on and off,I assume thats why I am on suprressive
Are there any bad side effects with Valtrex?
I have had none so far and no outbreaks since I started taking it, over a month ago.
2. I have no partner but if I decide to get intimate and stop the Vlatrex,I am afraid of getting an outbreak during sex,can this happen?
3. If i decide I would rather not have any anal or oral at all with someone, just mutual masterbation and or foreplay,what's the chances of transmission assuming one person has no HSV?
4. Does the 4.85 number mean anything. as opposed to being higher or lower? It was Herpesselect test.
5. What may trigger outbreaks, I have read so much about it that it gets too much after a while.
thank You
can one still get outbreaks during suppresive therapy?
i ask because i noticed a small bump/pimple on my penis...i have no idea if its a pimple or outbreak
my next question ,,,,do certain foods trigger outbreaks?
i ask because i noticed a small bump/pimple on my penis...i have no idea if its a pimple or outbreak
my next question ,,,,do certain foods trigger outbreaks?
can one still get outbreaks during suppresive therapy?
i ask because i noticed a small bump/pimple on my penis...i have no idea if its a pimple or outbreak
i ask because i noticed a small bump/pimple on my penis...i have no idea if its a pimple or outbreak
i am sorry about you and your wife,but i stand by what i said,
and when people and doctors say this is no bog deal or not the end of the world,,i would like to see how they would react if it happened to them
and as far as not having symptoms and people not being tested,that's no excuse. i never had any symptoms of hiv and i got tested just to make sure everything was ok.
living with disgusting thing in my body has made me never trust anyone again when it comes to sex
and when people and doctors say this is no bog deal or not the end of the world,,i would like to see how they would react if it happened to them
and as far as not having symptoms and people not being tested,that's no excuse. i never had any symptoms of hiv and i got tested just to make sure everything was ok.
living with disgusting thing in my body has made me never trust anyone again when it comes to sex
I am new here, but I can tell you this. My wife and I have been together for 11 years. Her outbreaks are on her butt and very mild. Her first was 3 years after we had been together and 2 years after we were married. She just found out that she had hsv2 because she was just tested. I went and got tested and was negative- even after 11 years. Chances are your partner did not know they had this. My wife (soon to be ex and not because of this) is going thru the same thing mentally that you are. She doesn't think anybody will ever want her again. When she told me, and before I got tested, I was in the same mental state as well. If we could stay together, I would still be with her. I wouldn't care that she has this. This (hsv2) is not that bad. The biggest thing is the name "HERPES" because its scary and having to tell a potential sexual partner that you have it. Again, chances are that your partner did not know they had it. Many people show NO signs at all and don't know. So, is it really fair to somebody you want to be with to withhold that information. I have read your posts and you seem like a pretty upstanding rational person. I am just hoping it is the anger talking right now.
well i won't just forgive and forget a person who ruined my life giving me this disgusting virus,
there is no excuse for people saying they never knew they had it,there are plenty of doctors and clinics where one can get periodic testing,,but people don;t care as long as they get sex.
i have all intentions of protecting myself from anything else, but as far as am i concerned of giving it to someone else,,,then no, since no one cared enough to think about me.
i joined this forum to seek answers, not to be preached,,sorry if i seem so insensitive
there is no excuse for people saying they never knew they had it,there are plenty of doctors and clinics where one can get periodic testing,,but people don;t care as long as they get sex.
i have all intentions of protecting myself from anything else, but as far as am i concerned of giving it to someone else,,,then no, since no one cared enough to think about me.
i joined this forum to seek answers, not to be preached,,sorry if i seem so insensitive
I know how you feel because the same thing happened to me. But you are being a bit closed minded about the fact that the person you got this from did not know they have it. Some people really do not know until they test positive. It does not mean they were promiscuous. You got it and you are very selective from what you have said. So, please, try to be more positive about it. Talking about it negatively and harboring anger over this person is not helping you at all.
i am not going to read an entire book to depress me even more...thanks anyway
maybe they should print a book on getting retribution on the person who gave me this
maybe they should print a book on getting retribution on the person who gave me this
not typically. in 25 years of herpes antiviral use, the rates of resistance ( tk deletion ) are still less than 1% in otherwise healthy folks.
grace
grace
does a person's body produce a resistance towards valtrex over the course of the years?
i saw a video on youtube stating one can catch herpes from shaking hands and towels,,,any truth to that?
you need a different provider from the sounds of things. Unless you are in a hospital that doesn't have a lab, they can do viral cultures of lesions. they also can send out swabs for pcr herpes lesion cultures too.
no it's not normal to have as much swelling as you are having.
no, an odor isn't due to herpes.
grace
no it's not normal to have as much swelling as you are having.
no, an odor isn't due to herpes.
grace
i did see my doc yesterday & he said he does't do lesion cultures because his office or the hospital does not have the proper facilities to do it.
so he told me to stay on suppressive for a year and gave me the results of my test from last jan 2010
igg 3.72 hsv2
igg >.90 hsv1
i wont even give you the igm because i know it's useless
i have had 3 different blood tests with different results...amazing how doctors are not caught up in std tests.
i do have a few questionsZ:
1. my outbreaks seem always to be on my right side of the penis,,,tip of the foreskin, starts out with slight redness and whar looks like small bumps..is it "normal" to have an inflammed or swelled appearnce?
2. does herpes create any kind of odor?
i am asking because when i retracted the skin to see the outbreak,,there was a slight odor and i know it can't be me since i take 3 showers and clean the genitals thoroughly
so he told me to stay on suppressive for a year and gave me the results of my test from last jan 2010
igg 3.72 hsv2
igg >.90 hsv1
i wont even give you the igm because i know it's useless
i have had 3 different blood tests with different results...amazing how doctors are not caught up in std tests.
i do have a few questionsZ:
1. my outbreaks seem always to be on my right side of the penis,,,tip of the foreskin, starts out with slight redness and whar looks like small bumps..is it "normal" to have an inflammed or swelled appearnce?
2. does herpes create any kind of odor?
i am asking because when i retracted the skin to see the outbreak,,there was a slight odor and i know it can't be me since i take 3 showers and clean the genitals thoroughly
gotta wait now until the next one for a culture. don't start the antivirals until after the lesion culture is done.
grace
grace
ok...i made a hasty decision,,,,i just hated to see that on my body thats why i took the med
yes it could. no use getting a lesion culture now if you already took valtrex. you needed the culture done before you started any treatment.
grace
grace
just because you have herpes, doesn't mean that everything that goes on in the genital area is due to it. Be seen monday for a lesion culture to confirm that these symptoms are due to herpes to confirm.
grace
grace
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