Genital Herpes: Useful info for those looking for answers like me!

Hi,

Thank you so much FelisCatus for all your research and valuable information. It's really helpful for all of us who are recently trying to come to terms with this. I recently went through my first outbreak and had all the classic symptoms...it started three weeks ago and now my second round of blisters is starting to heal. The only thing that still worries me is that the general malaise I had since day one won't go away. After three weeks I still find myself tired, nauseous and with a general feeling of being unwell. I haven't taken any meds because I still don't have insurance...so I guess that and the general stress of my first outbreak can be the reason why I don't feel well. I was wondering though if this prolonged malaise is normal and when will it go away. Thank you soooo much

please help thisguy i likewe had sex with a condom but he was rubbing himsself on the outside of my vagina but didnt insert it and he had a sore on the side of his mouth whcih he tought and said was a cold sore i dont think he is on any meds or any tretment for it i looked and didnt see any breakout things on his genitial area will i catch it? im so youn and nervous i dont want to get it over a drunken sex thuing iwant to be safe and clean even tho i really like him its not worth oit to me please get back to me asap its pnly been a few days i dont know how long ujntil  a sore would start to come but im so scaredd

Hi there,

im still a bit confused about shedding. Okay so lets say the only area i get outbreaks/blisters is between the head and shaft of my penis. Now, its that where the shedding occurs?? Or can i shed from other places like my inner thighs, scrotum, based of the penis, abdomon area? Or is shedding localized where the blisters are? 

I had my first ob around 3 months ago. At first i was a little in denial. I "googled" my symptoms and just wrote it off as a bad case of thrush. It wasnt painful and I barely noticed the 2 small blisters were there until I peed and it stung a little. After about a week they cleared up and I thought no more about it. Then around a month later i got my second outbreak and It was the most horrific pain and discomfort id had in my life. I had around 4 blistered areas only on one side that became very swollen and weepy. I went to my GP who immediately diagnosed me with GH and prescribed me with aciclavor. They cleared up within about 5 days thankfully. After crying an awful lot about it i confided in a work colleague who told me she also suffers from GH after her husband cheated on her. Ive found its always good to have someone to talk too. I had been absolutely fine until my boyfriend and i broke up then got back together. After around 5 months of being back together i got my first outbreak. He absolutely is adamant he didnt slerp with anyone but i do have just cause to believd he did. I got my 3rd outbreak on Christmas day. Its just like the first one really i hardly notice its there but its very tingly and itchy. Im back on anti viral meds again. Really hoping that they calm down soon and i stop getting them so much. Im thinking about asking my gp to place me on anti virals daily as im so worried about it. I also keep reading about how they increase your risk of hiv and im absolutely petrefied!

I thought I scratched myself in my vagina while wiping but after I had my husband look and take a picture I realized that it may be something else and I have been upset  making myself sick since.  Called the dr office today and they weren't going to see me until next week but I couldn't control emotions and started crying, seems like that's  all I have been doing.  I am just really confused, I have always gotten cold sore since I was a kid and sometimes the outbreaks were horrible but as I got older they aren't as frequent but I have never had anything in my vagina area. I have been with my husband for 24 years and he has never caught a cold sore from me and we are both faithful to each other.. Could I have somehow infected myself and why now, I haven' t had a cold sore for well over a year.  

Hi and thank you so much for all of your time and research! This has been such a relief to find!

I was just diagnosed with GH last Wednesday (yes Merry christmas to me!). I have always had HSV1...my ob are rare, typically if I get too much sun, or stressed out, etc. But, I always knew to up my l L-lysine.

Well, last Tuesday I thought I had the flu...body aches, chills, fever, all of it. Wednesday I noticed I had some bumps down there and thought I had razor burn. Then Thursday I noticed they were turning into blisters. I was baffled. I have been with my husband for 7 years, we are very monogamous and always have been. But something wasn't siting right, I had a feeling it was herpes but I couldn't understand how!! I ended up getting worse so on Christmas Eve (Saturday) I went to CareSpot urgent care. She took one took at it and said that is GH, I'm 1000% sure. She said they could do lab work but I had been there for 2 hours already on Christmas Eve so I said no...we knew what it was. I didn't realize what the difference between the swab and the blood test was and hind sight I should have. She gave me Valtrex and Ibuprofen for the pain. I got the script filled Sunday and started them immediately. I have been in excruciating pain trying to urinate. I have been doing epsom salt baths, cleaning with cetaphil and I have been soothing with coconut oil. I can't leave them dry it hurts SO bad. The swelling has gone down for the most part. But I have also started using Ambesol on my urethra and the sores on the inner part to block the pain of the urine and I use gloves to spread it all apart and block the other sores. It's been such an amazing relief. I tried the bath and it still made me feel like passing out.

My question is, I have gotten this thick white/greyish coating that looks like a there's a little blood in it almost like a scab but white and that coats the blister area after they broke open. Now they are coming off. What is that? Is that the scab? They have left a hole in each spot. Little holes have already closed, but some bigger ones seem a little goopy on top again or it's just goop from the others that are inside and still on the inside there.

Also, since I wasn't swabbed, are the chances more likely to be HSV1 since I already have it? I had read that your chance of getting HSV2 in the genitals is less of you already carry HSV1.

I can say this has been horrific and I still feel exhausted and not much of an appetite. Is this about where most are at 8 days in? I'm worried about getting another round of these again. I just want this to be over!!