My boyfriend & I both have herpes he gave it to me.
I have had one huge out break last year the first one
I went on valacyclovir
to treat it. It went away. So I stop taking it then this year
another out break. So I had to start taking it again. He doesn't
seem to get the same out breaks like I do he says he gets just
the inching I get it all why? & he still wants to have sex like it's nothing
what can I do to help my outbreaks?. This has hurt my woman hood in so many
ways. He cheated & I become the victim with him but I get the worst
of the outbreaks please help
Hey,
Im not one to talk here but if he cheated on you and gave you herpes why are you still with him?
Be very careful. And my boyfriend doesn't get breakouts like that either, but i do. i just think women are way more vulnerable to the virus then men are. every time you get an outbreak just take the medication they prescribed to you. remember break outs can happen with stress, being on your period, all of that. & its not a good idea to have sex while your on breakouts because the friction can make it real painful
Hope i helped
Like millions he didn't know he had it until he had an out break & soon as he had in he told me & we went to my doctor together it may have been before my time it can be pin pointed but he didn't hide it either. I'm not sure why he doesn't get the same outbreaks that I do. Besides the medication & trying to stay stress free yeah right is there anything else that I can do does food affect it in any way. Should I take the medication even when I don't have an outbreak or omly when I have an outbreak. Will these outbreak over time lessen or go away this is my 2 outbreak 1 year from the first. If i'm taking the medicine but he doesn't take the medicine does it make a difference between the two of us.
Yeah a lot of people dont realize they have it its very common, honestly taking the medication everyday is totally up to you. if you do there would be a decrease in the number of outbreaks you get because your keeping it under control. i heard eating foods like chocolate makes you break out, i don't know if its true but i read it on this website. i feel like foods can play a part in the outbreaks but personally i wouldn't stop eating the foods i like because of this stupid ass virus ! and i heard the first outbreak is the worst so they should get less intense each time.
Thanks Ashley 0623. Ya right this outbreak wasn't as bad the first was a killer. I heard that taking the medicine every will lower my immune system so I was worried but I will check with my doctor I hated taking it twice a day maybe i'll see if there is a once a day pill. & just it to keep it under control. I work at night, I have 2 kids just everyday stress alone will trigger it so maybe taking it everyday might be in my best interests. It has put a strain on my self esteem as a woman. I haven't dealt with it I just found out last year. So I'm trying to learn everything from symptoms to food to all I can. You've been a great help thanks so much.
Hope i helped, i just use the information my doctor told me to help anyone who asks me questions. This virus happens to the best of us. Im only 17, i have my whole life ahead of me and i didn't sleep around only 2 sex partners ever and 1 of them I'm still with my current boyfriend. he didn't know he had it either and he never cheated he just picked it up unfortunately. I'm really sad but i have to move on. I'm under so much stress too. but I'm glad i can help
Yes you have helped alot. I'm 39 & although I know it could have been worst I have yet to deal with it but in time I will. & you do have your whole life ahead of you. Millions don't even know they have. But at least there is alot of info & people like who can help people like me cope when we find out that we have it no matter the age. Thanks again anything extra advice or conversation feel to chat with me I thank you again.
1sounhappy, I'm sorry this happened to you, I understand how you feel completely, but your situation w ob's is not bad at all and quite good actually. I only got it 4 months ago after being abstinent for over 2yrs and had severe neuropathy, that forced me to the ER. I have an ob almost every month and I take meds daily. It's when I go out till the wee mornings drinking, I have an ob. Maybe that's a trigger for you and you didn't realize it. I've had 6 since I've had it and I feel like I'm almost always active, even without the presence of a sore. I almost always have a burning tingly sensation on my tailbone and I have a feeling that sex will be painful for me from here on out. The virus did something to my nerves. So being that you only get two obs a yr, especially being you've noy had it long; consider yourself lucky. I wish I was you.
Also, I found that it is sugary drinks and/or fake sugar alcoholic beverages that cause an ob on Kate nights. Take lysine daily and 3,000mlgs on ob days. Also take as many hot baths as you can wiyh non-scented epsomsalt.
It does not lower your immune system, as it's not an immune suppressant medication such as a steroid. That would do the opposite and desired effect if it were that type of medicine. It is an antiviral. The virus can only stay alive and spread by replicating. The medicine acts as a sort of enzyme that jsv needs to attach to, in order to replicate and survive. Because it is not truly the enzyme, it kills the virus. The virus this senses something is going on and goes back into hiding in your sacral ganglia. The reason they day that about chocolate and nuts. Is they have something called arginine and that's what hsv needs to attach itself to cells and replicate. This is why you should limit your intake or ensure if you have any, that you take lysine. Lysine looks like arginine to hsv and when hsv attaches itself to it, it dies. When I have an ob I take 1 500mlg of valtrex twice a day and 3,000 or even just 1 1000mlg and I will notice a significant decrease in itchiness, healing of the sores, literally removes the phase of a weeping ulcer and I have no pain.
I think you must go to some doctor to get the treatment for your problem.Moreover, you can find some natural therapy like natural antiseptics to get rid from your problem.
My simple rules I've had it for almost 40 years yes 40! I had it before the clinics even knew how to treat it besides ointment and pills.
Number one stay clean
Number 2 stay cool
Number 3 stay dry
No tight jeans no sex and do not touch your self without gloves on. I know it itches I know it stings I know it's the worst feeling in the world when you have a bad outbreak
No friction or stress and take aspirins for fever reducing purposes 2-3 times a day if possible
I have been able to stop my outbreaks as they were forming thinking they were going to just bust through and causing a lot of trouble. Note immediately shower with cool water and hopefully don't touch it at all dab dry don't wipe it because if you do have an outbreak you may very well have one about to burst then if you you may be wiping the head off of it which allows it to burst open and all that fluid coming out of their will spread to wherever it burst open. And this is your way of dropping all the stress that is bothering you you can't afford to stress out nothing nothing is worth it. You can get outbreaks quite often in the beginning as a female I had that problem. And as time goes on I learn how to treat it myself along with some acyclivir or zovirax. The good news is the longer you have it the less outbreak should get. I have found this to be true for myself it has been 6 years since my last outbreak. And yes if I get stressed the heck out it would happen but I would have met Lee start to tint to it. Clean dry aspirin I don't care if you have to spread your legs and let the ceiling fan blow you do it cool cool. And neosporin with pain relief with gloves on hope you find this useful good luck God bless
Baby girl when you are young like that it will come a lot the outbreaks I mean. Some simple rules that I have found work great. Stay cool, clean, dry, no sex whatsoever this is a fever blister that you must have fever reducing medicine such as Tylenol a couple two three times a day would work great and if you have to lay there with your legs open underneath a ceiling fan after you showered with cool water on your privates then do so if it helps the pain. Also the Neosporin with pain relief applied on area with gloves only. This is a very transmittable disease you may transmit it through your fingertips to someone's eyes lips private parts and you can retransmit it to your other parts of your body by touching yourself no partyi ngnreenswhile on an outbreak can you advice I will be happy to help I've had this disease for 40 years
Ashley I thought I was talking to you when I reply to so unhappy or feel broken. You would know its definitely for you so read that baby let me know if you can't
I thought I was responding to Ashley the young girl that joins 17 apologize you know enough to know what the deal with but she needs to know
Keep cool clean dry and your fever reduce no party and no late nights no friction no sex and especially no hot baths. Whoever came up with that idea is crazy hot bath would bring that to a head and could possibly first in your water and Lord God knows what might happen then cool water only. If it itches use that shower wand with the cool water to eat it because you must touch it and if you do touch it you're taking the chance of spreading it and you must wear gloves it's a fever baby girl treated like a fever aspirin no tight jeans either
I made a big mistake with my date on the fingers. Being lack of knowlegdge for a year, I didn't realize this as I got only 1 outbreak last year and again last week without noticing. He scolded to me that I made a big disaster to his life which gave me a big depression. I honestly didn't know it's transmission without sex. So stupid. I really like this guy but now it's so painful on my heart when he said I never care about other people. Cried too much now. Sorry for being dramatic.
Rockin, did you have sex during 6 years of outbreak free? Or how you handle if you have had it. My infected guy said I need to die in bed, no sex until last min of life, all alone.
Wow, I am sorry to hear this story. It sounds like you are under a lot of stress, which can definitely be a cause for a greater amount of outbreaks and can increase severity. I have found that living a overall healthy lifestyle and keeping my stress levels low has helped to reduce my outbreaks, and the severity. have you been using anything to treat the outbreaks when they occur? if sex is painful, I recommend using a product I just recently started using, its zinc based and has lidocain in it which acts as a pain killer or numbing agent. definitely give something like that a try. the product is called epizyn. its kind of expensive, maybe you can find a cheaper alternative. on the topic of this boyfriend though, doesnt seem like the greatest guy in the world. but really thats not my place to say, you know better who he is than anyone on this forum