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

I have done tons of research but I can't find anything about constant nerve pain due to herpes??

Any insight on this?

I get intense burning sensation on the inside of my butt cheeks, inside of legs and vagina. It moves around but it is always there and it is driving me crazy!

I was diagnosed with herpes type1 about 3 months ago. My initial outbreak was horrific (painful open soars everywhere on my vagina) and lasted about 10 days. My gyno started me on Valtrex immedietly and said it should suppress the outbreaks and prevent them from coming back. Unfortunately, I have yet to go longer than 3 days without a new outbreak occuring. Generally, I get a few open soars and fissures toward the back of my labia that heal anywhere between 2-6 days. My doctor prescribed a lidocane ointment to put on the soars to help with the irritation and to keep them moisturized. Since I have had so many outbreaks, my skin seems to be extrememly thin/ sensative to any pressure ie. I tear putting in a tampon. 

I took the Valtrex for about 2 1/2 months without any sign of it preventing reoccurances (have been on it since I had my very frist outbreak, 2x a day for 10 days the nonce daily) so decided to get a second opinion about treatment. I am now taking the original medicine that was used to treat herpes which is a twice a day pill. Not sure that it is helping much since it has been 3 weeks and same thing as the valtrex... 

In addition to my prescribed meds, I have been taking lysine, vitamin C, and B12 since my first outbreak. I just started taking a pro-biotic as well (too soon to see results). 

This is extremely frustrating and mentally very difficult to deal with the lack of control or any shred of normalcy. I have accepted my diagnosis and want to move on to being able to manage it but nothing seems to be helping. Do you have any suggestions for what might help me prevent reoccuring breakouts?

I met somebody who I am extremly interested in and I know I will need to disclose this before we take it to the next step. I certainly am not ready to share my news with him because of my lack of self esteem because I feel completely out of control and cannot reassure myself it'll get better at this point. How likely is it that he can contract it from me if I have mild symptoms and he uses a condom? Also, if a future partner were to contract it from me, would is still be type 1?

Thank you!

I thought I had a yeast infection and I went to the doctor and then did a pap and said it was bv.... well now my bottom has been hurting I don't see any blisters. But everything kind of has a burn to it. I started feeling funny a week ago. I have been on the medication for bv for only one day. I feel like it's more then a bacterial information I think I herpes but no blisters yet..... how long till someone gets blister?

Hi, FelisCatus, love reading about folks experiences and suggestions. I am a female, 61 years old,Having had herpes since 1976 (41 yrs), I have had many an outbreak and seen alot of changes in the course of my infection over time. In the begining, for many years I got my outbreaks like clockwork with my period. There was a stretch of time where I was ob free for months at a time, I would only get it every April; strange that I remembered that just now. But, like a bad penny... it keeps showing up... through emotional uphevils, stress, other illnesses, pregnancies, and life in all phases. My first ob was devistating,emotionally and physically. Plus I was sooo ashamed to have this nasty, incurable disease. Vitrually nobody had heard of it at that time and there were no anti-viral durgs. No internet either, to search for solace and information. One doc told me that maybe laying the cooled down tea bag from my cup over the sore would help, and maybe that did help alittle. Over time, obs have been from mild to pretty dang painful. 

There have been "a few" men in my life, some I told about my herpes, some I didn't. I regret that I probably passed it to some.

I always have warnings that an ob is coming. Believe it or not, a long-standing symptom, is a pronounced pain in my foot, odd no??? but there is no mistaking it for me. Also, something I can only call painful skin, at areas on my lower body. Joint pain in general is my current warning. 

About 10 yrs ago, my ob site changed from my vag to my buttock, where I can plainly see, the sore is in the exact same spot and has the exact same pattern, every time. Never get them on my vag anymore.

Take heart newbies, life in all it's glory goes on.  Although it may not seem like it now, you will get through this, learn how to manage it and have a satisfying life.  

Very pleased to hear that the virus is not spread through contact during daily living, this has been a huge and long-standing fear of mine. The fear of passing herpes to my children via the toilet seat or something, to people who I am visiting or are visiting me. That info alone, relieves alot of stress (which is a trigger and a half for me). 

What prompted me to write was an ob I am having right now. Taking care of a loved one (Alzheimer's), results in my not taking such good care of myself. Stress again. I am having obs that clear up w/ meds (I start them when my foot starts hurting) and ointment, only to return in a day or 2.

So I found this forum looking for help. The idea that a soak in epsom salts would feel good and help, is one I like. Just feel creepy about emersing myself in a tub with my germs floating around in water and coating my skin. Is this really safe? I won't deposit eckk on my skin and start new infections? Ease my mind if possible.

After all these years, I have never spoken so openly about my herpes and the chance to do so is worth a milloin bucks.That alone has done wonders for me.  Thank goodness for this opportunity. 

Does Hvs Igm <1:10(1:10) means I am positive or negative ?