1st episode ending...? - Herpes Message Board

peanut24 · 05-19-2009, 06:49 PM

I just had my first OB and finished 10 days of Valtrex. After 8 days I felt great, no pain but still little marks. Day 9 I did some shaving.. maybe too soon because i`ve been pretty itchy for the past few days. It was really hard to sleep last night because of it. But ì`m not even sure thats it because its itchy in places i didnt shave. might it have gotten better than worse again? (maybe i didnt help last night by having sex in a hot tub..?)

sedulous · 05-20-2009, 04:43 PM

the hot tub, shaving, or anything in the area can be unhelpful, definitely.
I was itchy towards the end of OB's, but it wasn't until I had a few that I really knew for sure when they were on the way out. It's so individual that it's difficult to ever really know what to expect.

peanut24 · 05-20-2009, 05:03 PM

thanks... as long as its just that i slowed the healing and not that its coming back or something.. oh i also used a tanning bed the other day. can that be irritating?

sedulous · 05-22-2009, 06:55 PM

the tanning bed could probably be irritating- a lot of people with herpes find it to be triggered by a lot of sun exposure. Usually, they referring to the mouth area, unless they frequent a lot of nude beaches, but it makes sense that a tanning bed would aggravate the situation.

Sex, shaving, clothes that rub the area too much- I avoid all that stuff during outbreaks b/c it just seems to irritate the sores (and if your partner is hsv-free, you definitely shouldn't have sex, as it increases his chances of getting it quite a bit). Irritated sores stick around longer than necessary.