anyone there? - Herpes Message Board

scared01 · 08-23-2007, 11:19 AM

Hi everyone,

Just wonderd if there are many people from the uk using this site, there seems to be lots of people from round the world on here - I was curious to know if there are lots of people in our situation from the uk on here? Anyways a big HELLO! to everyone reading this

oceana · 08-23-2007, 05:25 PM

Hello to Mother Land. I live near Fort McHenry, the site of the Battle of 1812, where we kicked your butt. What is the testing proceedure for HSV in the UK? I know you have national health care. Can you get tested readily? Will they type the HSV?

scared01 · 08-24-2007, 07:02 AM

Hi ya!

You can either go to your local g.p or sexual health clinic where they will take a swab of the leision to identify if it is hsv or not - not sure if they can tell if it is type 1 or 2 by doing this. I was diagnosed by a blood test and they also were able to tell me what type I had

oceana · 08-24-2007, 10:50 AM

Yes, they can type from the liquid in the vesicle if they lance it. Do they prescribe Valtrex over there?

scared01 · 08-25-2007, 05:17 AM

I'm not sure I was given accyclivor - I've prob spelt that totally wrong!!