Hi, I was diagnosed with genital herpes this year but believe I have had this from Jan 2016... outbreaks were very little 3/4 a year and I have never had a severe outbreak ... only had three blisters together that’s it ... this year since March I have had more or less constant outbreaks every 3 weeks.. sometimes after period as well... struggling to understand what could be my triggers ... when I take anti virals they help for so long then bam an outbreak occurs ... I have even started taking vitamins but seems to not really make a difference ... it’s quite annoying and makes me think I will never find anyone ... I have just recently met someone and dreading if it gets far enough the talk 😢 I know who gave this to me and pretty sure they didn’t know they have it either 🙈
3 possible reasons you have more outbreaks now:
- you contacted a person who is having it too so you have now additional load of virus. It is called superinfection.
- your immunity is going down due to many reasons like you have other infection or not on good diet.
- you are newly exposed to some triggers like frequent sun exposure or arginine rich diet or much psychic stress.
Anyway you have to tell your partner and try to find the reason why you have many outbreaks now.
Good luck.