i need some advice - Herpes Message Board

makingthebest · 09-23-2003, 11:42 AM

i have been a relationship with my girlfriend for over a year now and i love her very much. about two months ago i was diagnosed with hsv2(genitals). i guess it laid latent because i have never cheated. and i have passed the virus on to her(on her mouth). i feel really bad about what happened and im not sure when it safe for us to kiss again. i had one serious outbreak and now i have been suffering from just minor outbreaks. needless to say or sex life has been put on hold. but i would at least like to kiss her. i was prescribed aclyovir but i feel like it doesnt work and i have been doing better without it(feel like im waisting money). i shower about 2 or 3 times a day(everytime i get sweaty) and use a new towel every time. but i cant seem to kick it. also i have putting rubbing alchol on not so serious sores. it seems to help. is it dangerous? im not in pain , just uncomfortable. am i being obsesive? please help?

justagirl2003 · 09-23-2003, 01:28 PM

I get outbreaks due to stress which I seem to be able to control now that I started taking lysine 500mg every day, and 1000mg when I start to feel the symptoms coming on. I also keep that area as clean and as dry as I can. Even to the point of using a hair dryer instead of towels. These simple things have really worked for me.

makingthebest · 09-23-2003, 07:03 PM

hey lil,
Thanks,I was already considering trying the garlic oil. If your bumps dont itch i wouldnt worry about it. i had something simular to that before. when i popped them this little hard white thing came out and they bled a little bit, but then just went away. i figured it was folliculitous. as for my gf, she is really understanding and we live together so we are pretty open with each other. she was starting to think i would never kiss her again! but that wouldnt happen. if i were you i would justtry and relax and not worry about it until the doctor looks at it.

makingthebest · 09-23-2003, 07:10 PM

justagirl,
did aclyovir not work for you either?it seems to work temporarily for me!but that it where is a good place to find lysine? also do you think that shower puffs are a bad idea ?

MSJade · 09-23-2003, 08:18 PM

Can I ask how you know that you passed the virus to your girlfriend? Did she have her oral cold sore swabbed and it came back positive for HSV2? Perhaps it is HSV1 and she obtained it from some other place or as a child. Did she have cold sores as a child? Its just from all the reading on the subject it seems HSV2 is extremely rare. ********** stated almost 100% of cases of oral herpes are HSV1 and you probably could not catch HSV2 through oral sex.