Sorry!! I am still getting used to this!
Hi Elizabeth, it would be best to start your own thread,
thanks
If its herpes it will respond esp with recurrence as inhibits the virus from multiplying.
Can the sores show up like a pimple on the outside skin? around your buttcrack? I am so sorry for being so blunt.
Oh, and also, if it is a recurrence is it unusual that it has not responded to Valtrex?
Thanks again will call the doc and ask for the script....since I have already been diagnosed via swab 13 years ago, this test would be the first step in?
normally the sores do not show in that area between the vagina and anus as the skin is thick there with few nerves for the virus to activate.
Its a very simple blood test called herpes select igG type specific. In derterming herpes this the first step.
I guess having so few ob and not knowing the varities of tests available and their purposes was not informed enough to ask and the doctor didn't suggest any further testing yesterday...will google test you mentioned...sure i could get it if I call doc back today...
Initial outbreak with lesions between vagina and rectum...2 or 3 with lesions I think but long time ago...most recent, last year had weird feeling sort of like now, but progressed to pain upon urinating/defecating (has always been the norm with my ob) and resolved itself pretty quickly...
Just perplexed by symptoms and that the Valtrex doesn't seem to be helping...