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When I had my primary outbreak my OBGYN prescribed lidocaine silver sulfadiazin. The lidocaine helps with the pain. Mine were in an area where I couldn't keep them dry anyway so I slathered it on the area with a q-tip several times a day. It's also great to use for burns so it's nice to have in the house anyway :)

Hey guys, I'm new to herpes and this site but based on my current outbreak I have some questions that I can't find the answers to. First, I had my primary outbreak a little over a month ago. I was on my period when my outbreak occurred. Last week I started my period and then ended up with another OB. I had one sore for about 3 days and then it went away. About the day after it disappeared I got another open area in another genital area and I ended up with swollen lymph nodes. I've read that periods can bring on an OB. Since I'm new to this I'm not sure if it'll continue that way or not. So here's my question. I'm not really wanting to take the meds on a daily basis to prevent OBs if I don't have to but I'm wondering if I'm able to determine over the next few months that my period will trigger an outbreak is it possible to just take valtrex or acyclovir a week or so before my period to prevent it? Does anyone have any experience with this at all? Thanks for any/all input :)

I guess that they don't have to have a head. I've heard of people popping theirs...but mine have only been a red spot and then an open area like a kanker sore appears in the middle. But mine are nothing like a pimple and they don't have a head. But now I'm becoming paranoid!! I've always gotten really bad razor burn along my underwear line and now that I know I have H any time something turns red I'm starting to freak out.

Thanks for the response! I'm still waiting to see what my OBs end up like and how often I'll have them before I decide what to do. I would hope that I don't continue to have outbreaks like this where it's just one after another. I have been taking L-lysine and I've been putting raw honey on the spots (read that it can speed up the healing by 50%). I figured they're not really in a place where I can keep them dry anyway so I may as well try it. lol. My OBs have all been in different locations so I'm not sure if that's normal or not either. My boyfriend hasn't been tested yet but to be honest he's not too eager to do it. We've always had unprotected sex so I guess that we assume he's been exposed anyway. He wasn't really upset when I found out about it because he knew we couldn't change what was already done. We're in a committed and very serious relationship and he doesn't want me to take antivirals if I don't really need them as far as how frequent my OBs are. But I've told him I'm more than willing to take them if he's negative. And BTW...I'm sooo thankful for this site!!! I cried for days after I was diagnosed and then I found you guys. I felt so rejected and dirty and I really felt like my boyfriend would leave and that I would just stay single instead of even trying to find someone understanding. It's been so amazing to find other people who are living with HSV, from the sad posts to the happy and inspiring ones...it's nice to be a part of a community!!

I was just diagnosed last month with genital HSV 2. I was sexually assaulted almost a year ago and he was known to have herpes. I got a bunch of antivirals in the ED right afterwards and I honestly thought I had not contracted anything. Last month I left the country, I was sleep deprived, stressed and taking antibiotics and oral steriods (which will lower immune system) plus taking antimalaria meds. I had my first outbreak while I was gone, I came back to the US and went to my OBGYN, the blood test came back positive. I never had anything like a pimple, what I had was more like a kanker sore on my perineum area. My doc gave me acyclovir for 10 days, I was really itchy but it healed up a little after a week. There was no crusting at all like I've read about online. Last week I had one more sore (looked just like a kanker sore) and it was there for 3 days and then gone. Then yesterday another one showed up on my labia, this is just red and doesn't look open yet but for the first time ever both of my lymph nodes are swollen on either side. Has anyone ever had outbreaks like this? It just doesn't sound typical from what I've read. I also think it's weird that I'm getting one at a time and then after it heals another comes up. I don't know if this is just once reoccurance or if it's multiple ones. I was waiting to go on suppressive meds just in case I don't actually need them. I was thinking if I rarely ever have outbreaks I would rather not be on meds for them. My sores aren't ungodly painful, more like they just sting when/if they're touched. Any help or input would be greatly appreciated!!!