EXAMINATION FOR GENITAL HERPES. I HAVE HAD COLDSORES FROM AGE EIGHTEEN AND TEST POS. ONLY FOR HSV1...... DO I HAVE GENITAL HERPES ? COULD I HAVE HAD AMISDIAGNOSIS? I WAS SUPER TIRE FOR A WEEK BEFORE I HAD SYMPTOM , AND I HAD SWOLLEN
, HEADACHE. I WENT ON ZOVORAX 500 MG . 3 X ADAY FOR TEN DAYS AND I WAS COMPLEATLY BETTER IN THREE DAYS NO SCABS OR ANY THING ...GONE.ALTHOUGH I STILL HAD SWOLLEN
FOR A FEW WEEKS WITH LOWER BACK PAIN... WHY WOULD HERPES CLEAR UP SO FAST... MY COLD SORES LAST FOR AT LEAST TEN DAYS.... AND I USE TOPICAL ZOVIRAX FOR THOSE. HELP MEEE PLEASE I JUST WOULD FEEL SO BAD IF I GAVE THIS TO MY CHILD OR ANY ONE ELSE WITH CLOSE CONTACT, WE LOVE TO SNUGGLE AND I WOULD NEVER FOEGIVE MY SELF.
A visual diagnosis only doesn't cut it. At this point you and your partner need type specific herpes igg blood testing and go from there.
You will not give your genital herpes to your child. Your oral herpes is a risk but not your genital herpes. we do not have the kind of contact it takes to transmit our genital herpes thru casual day to day contact with those around us.