I know there has to be others DUers with Herpes, so I have some questions

[rene moon]

This is not a "sex thread". It is a health question.

This is my second bout with genital herpes. The first one I had was about 4 years ago and it lasted only a week or so. This time I am going on 2 and half weeks! It has been so painful, ugly and irritating. I got it from an old boyfriend. My husband is great and he understands. I have no pressure from him whatsoever. But this doesn't bode well for our sex life.

I get the krap on my thighs and it is taking forever to clear up. I tried calling for an appt with my general doctor but she was on vacation. Her "on-call" doctor was suppose to call me back and never did. I then tried my gynecologist and he was on vacation too!

I am wondering if anyone out there has any advice on this issue, whether it be remedies, spells, chants, whatever!

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

[Bossy Monkey]

1. An ex had it

I'm sorry to say that the best she could do was try to eliminate stress. (This was about a nine-month relationship almost 10 years ago, so my memory is a little foggy. I'm sure she had medications as well, just don't know what they were. Anyways, a kick to your thread so you might get more replies.)

[absyntheNsugar]

2. Aren't there medications that calm the symptoms?

Perhaps theyre not that effective, but I remeber seeing lots of ads for them.

Good luck - oh and there are foods you're supposed to avoid too. I dunno which.

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. The Amino acid "Lysine"

You can buy it at any drugstore and GNC.

Take 2000 to 4000 MG's a day during the episode.
It wont hurt you and it DOES reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.

I you experience "Heralding symptoms" (sensitive skin, itching, etc) LOAD UP ON IT!
It will reduce the episodes severity considerably.

SEE A DERMATOLOGIST.
It is a skin lesion and they can best diagnose what strain.

There is a new drug which supposedly has better efficacy than the old standby "Zovirex" and it is advertised on TV but the name escapes me.

Avoid chocolate and brown gravy, believe it or not.
And stress DOES contribute to episode frequency.

How does this dummy trucker know this?

I have had my little "Microscopic visitor" for almost 20 years.

It sucks, but it isn't the end. It is in the same family as the cold virus. You just get an occasional localized cold on your private parts.


On Edit to add a joke or two;

"Herpes, the gift that keeps on giving"

and

"Herpes, 40 million Americans can't be wrong)
(could be more, probably is, but who's counting?)

[Lindsey]

4. I think there's a creme

and also apparently stress brings it on so if you can do something to reduce you stress level, that might help. ...so sorry you're going through this...

[rene moon]

5. Thanks for the advice

This has seriuosly been making me depressed...it sucks, really.