How True is this?? - Herpes Message Board

Worriedfemale1 · 08-24-2006, 04:00 AM

Hi

I found this on a website, how true is the information about when you are first infected?

(Unfortunately, most people who have genital herpes don't know it because they never have any symptoms, or they do not recognize any symptoms they might have. When there are symptoms, they can be different in each person. Most often, when a person becomes infected with herpes for the first time, the symptoms will appear within 2 to 10 days. These first episodes of symptoms usually last 2 to 3 weeks. )

Worriedfemale1 · 08-24-2006, 04:09 AM

do you think this lectroject product would work to cure herpes?

keepsgoin · 08-24-2006, 07:58 AM

You're asking how true this statement is?
Unfortunately, most people who have genital herpes don't know it because they never have any symptoms, or they do not recognize any symptoms they might have. When there are symptoms, they can be different in each person. Most often, when a person becomes infected with herpes for the first time, the symptoms will appear within 2 to 10 days. These first episodes of symptoms usually last 2 to 3 weeks.

This statement is 100% true...my first episode lasted months but I'm not the typical case. The typical person that has herpes doesn't even know it...is running around giving it to everyone and is making fun of people that they hear that have genital herpes and is thinking they are skum...sorry...I'm in a really foul mood this morning. Had another OB that started yesterday....ya see, my BF gave this crap to me but he never knew he had it because he didn't have the "typical" symptoms. We have got to stop thinking of herpes as having these "typical" herpes symptoms...somehow people need to get informed that herpes isn't the vision of herpes that is implanted in our heads. It can be anywhere from zero symptoms to permanent nerve damage from it. I think that most men have tiny red bumps that they think are from sexual friction and most women just think that they are having a yeast or bacterial infection. My advise to anyone that is sexually active is to have std tests done regularly and tell the doctor to do a herpes blood test.

over21 · 08-24-2006, 08:11 AM

More typical is for people to not show symptoms or they're so mild they go unnoticed or misdiagnosed. This is why 90% of the 1 in 4 adults who do have genital herpes don't know it.

There is no cure for herpes, regardless of what the product information says. The best they can offer is fewer outbreaks, which will usually happen anyway over time. This virus acts differently for everyone.

Worriedfemale1 · 08-27-2006, 12:18 AM

Ok...well I haven't been infected with Herpes in the past because I have only had 3 partners and we were both virgins when we were together (first partner), I was with someone else and got tested negative after the relationship ended. And 3 months ago slept with a guy who said he slept with a girl who didn't know she had herpes - he tested negative. I haven't had any symptoms of Herpes, so If I have never had herpes before, do you think that if I was recently infected 3 months ago, I would have got symptoms by now????