I got genital herpes 30 years ago when I was dating my husband. I was a healthy person then and my herpes was dormant all those years and never came back until now. I just was diagnosed with an auto immune disease and suspect this is what has caused me to break out again after 30 years. I have now broken out for the 4th time this year already and have taken zovorax every time. It goes away, but then I get it right back again. Can anyone tell me if it's healthy to be taking zovorax everyday to prevent constant breakouts? Will my body become immune to the zovorax so that it won't work anymore? Has anyone had this happen to them, and how do you keep the herpes from constantly breaking out?
when you were diagnosed 30 years ago, odds were you only had a visual diagnosis. have you had any further testing to confirm that indeed you have herpes and if it's hsv1 or hsv2?
at this point, confirm that indeed it is herpes going on. that means whenever you have symptoms, don't start the acyclovir and be seen within 48 hours of their appearance for a lesion culture and typing. if you do indeed have something besides your hasimoto's going oon, some autoimmune diseases do have genital lesions as part of their presentation so I think at this point covering all the bases is in your best interest.
if it is all herpes, will taking daily suppressive therapy with zovirax cause you issues? No it will not. There are no long term side effects and there are not issues with antiviral resistance like you get with antibiotics. daily suppressive therapy reduces recurrences significantly if indeed this is all herpes going on.
grace