No reason to take a 10 day course of valtrex if you don't have any obvious oral lesions or genital lesions.
Honestly I think your provider did testing that she doesn't fully understand what to do with. Same with the way she treated you - it wouldn't be a newly acquired infection so 10 days of treatment also wouldn't be needed. You really are not the confused one :)
grace
Hi Grace,
Thank you for your comments. My doctor gave a prescription for Valtrex anyway.
It is very frustrating getting a straight answer from her... I asked her If I don't have a current cold sore and I don't have genital herpes why do I need to take Valtrex?? She didn't give a good answer... or better, any explanation... she said I should take just in case... but if I understood correctly, I should take Valtrex only in the beginning of the symptoms (outbreaks) right?? and more, for cold sores I should take only 2 doses... she prescribed 10 days!!!
Am I missing something?? I was thinking about no taking Valtrex since I don't have a cold sore and as I understand I don't have genital herpes... sorry, it sounds very confusing!! Thank you so much for your time! I really appreciate!
Your blood test is hsv1+ like most adults results will be. Even if you can't recall a history of any cold sores, odds are that it's an oral infection. Only 20-40% of folks who have hsv1 orally, get obvious cold sores to know it. Hsv1 genitally doesn't reoccur very often and certainly isn't likely to be the cause behind your pain.
Continue to follow up with your gyn to try to figure out what is going on. Herpes is 1 thing you can cross off your list though at least.
I hope you get answers and relief soon!
grace
Hello Grace,
I just got a copy of the test. It was only a blood work and she didn't do a swab.
Here is the results (Lab used Quest - Herpesselect(R)).
HSV 1 IGG Type-Specific AB = 5.79
HSV 2 IGG Type-Specific AB = 0.03.
And yes, I have been having very painful intercourse for the past couple of months and most of the time, because it hurts me i bleed a little bit.
I just don't know what is going on! I had a ultrasound done and everything is normal.
Thanks again!
I can best help you with all of this if you call tuesday and ask them what test results came back as hsv+. If it was a blood test, ask them to read the results to you and write them down to post here - ie hsv1 igg 3.3 and hsv2 igg 2. 9 or whatever they are so I can see if you need additional confirmatory testing done or not. If it was a lesion culture of active symptoms, find out if it was just hsv+ and assumed hsv2 or if it was specifically typed for hsv1 or hsv2.
Genital herpes would not cause you to have painful sex. It would only be painful when you have active lesions. If sex is painful each time you have it then herpes isn't the cause and an additional work up is needed to figure out what is going on.
grace