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3 month long outbreak?

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hopeful22
hopeful22

Hi everyone. I've been diagnosed with HSV-2 for a year and a half now. My first outbreak was awful. I couldnt walk or even stand without pain. I also have lupus which could contribute to how severe it was for me. I took medication everyday for my lupus so it wasnt hard to add antiviral therapy for herpes to the list. After the first one, I barely had outbreaks. Just a little tingling that lasted a few days. Well I stopped taking all my medication in August and I was fine until mid November. I have had this outbreak for 3 full months with no relief. I inconsistently got back on the antiviral once I felt the outbreak coming on but for the past month ive been taking a pill twice a day and still get new blisters every week. Has anyone experienced this? Could I be resistant to treatment?

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  • julie16942
    julie16942 hopeful22

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    hey, Speak to your doctor about this . im wondering if you can become resistance to anti-viral medicine. However, you are taking a whole other medication on the side of it, could it have affected it too ? Let us know how it goes !

    • hopeful22
      hopeful22 julie16942

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      I'm not taking anything other than the valacyclovir right now. I stop taking my lupus medications after months of no flare ups. its pretty common for people with lupus to do this because our treatment is centered around remission and lowering dosages. I will go speak to my doctor soon and update this thread. Thanks for the reply.

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