jers113

Hey guys- so my first herpes outbreak is over and I sort of forgot about the herpes for a little while but today I'm having a rough time again.. I'm in college and our campus gynecologist has next to no idea what she's talking about when it comes to herpes. She told me that if you have it orally you automatically also have it genitally.. SO here I am with a question for you guys, because this forum has helped me through the hardest of this- I have HSV1 genitally. Should I be wearing gloves to masturbate in case of passing the virus to my fingers? Also with my partner (also HSV1 genitally) is it okay to use our hands with each other? The thought of wearing gloves to masturbate or touch each other is sort of depressing honestly. Maybe after the 4-6 months of building up antibodies we won't have to worry about it? Thanks for any responses!!!

Hey everyone- I think the answer to my problem is that I did not wait long enough after my first outbreak to have sex again but I was wondering if anyone has experienced something like this- Last week I had my first outbreak and it was very severe, upwards of like 25 blisters. HSV1 on the genitals. I was on 1000 mg of Valtrex for 7 days and I have a backup prescription of like 5 just in case I can't get to a doctor or something. The sores were healed by Saturday and I feel /mostly/ back to normal today. I still have a little itching but as far as I could tell, things were cleared up and it was all over. So tonight I probably jumped the gun a little bit, but I thought I would be fine- maybe like 3 minutes into some pretty gentle sex with my boyfriend, I felt a sharp pain and cried out. My boyfriend looked and I was bleeding from 2 or 3 small cuts at the base of my vagina. Is this the beginning of another outbreak? Did I just not allow the area long enough to heal? I read something somewhere about herpes outbreaks thinning your vaginal skin and now I'm terrified I'll never be able to have sex again...freaking out a little bit. Thanks guys! (PS also thanks to everyone on this forum because I don't know how I would be getting through this without you guys. just reading posts makes me feel better knowing people are out there who are going through the same thing)

He had what we thought was a very very mild genital outbreak at the same time as mine, and an urgent care doctor told him it looked like herpes (she said 'the symptoms are not classic however'). He had maybe 3 or 4 red bumps that look nothing like mine. She did a swab on both of us, his came back negative and mine was positive.

I asked the doctor and she said that what happened was he gave me genital herpes from his cold sore, and then i gave him genital herpes after that. From what I'm reading online, that is incorrect... It was just the gynecologist at my university, so I'm not sure about that. Could he have been in the early stages of a genital outbreak and given it to me that way, resulting in us both having an outbreak at the same time?

So it is not likely that I gave him genital herpes? How did he end up with it then? Could he have already had it and not known...?

I got the phone call this morning that I am positive for genital HSV1. My boyfriend got a call that he is negative for it, but the doctor said he definitely still does. Boyfriend had a cold sore, went down on me anyways, so that's how I've got it. We did have unprotected sex a few times after that, so he could've been exposed to mine. But I'm wondering about the transmission of my genital HSV1 to him? I wish I could know for sure if he had it or not. I'm worried if he finds out he actually doesn't have it he'll break up with me.

Thank you guys so much for commenting, it helps so much knowing there are people who have gone through this themselves and a community of support. I just wonder- if going commando helps..how do I control the discharge then? I've been wearing pads but obviously can't do that with just pants on..

SO I'm in the middle of my first OB and it has honestly been hell on earth... I can't pee without crying or sit down comfortably..I was given Vicodin for the pain, which helps a LOT but only for the first few hours after I take it. I'm trying to keep the area dry but it's been very difficult, as I'm experiencing a lot of yellow discharge? I'm not sure if it's yellow discharge or if it's from the blisters, but I've been wearing pads and each time I remove one there is yellow oozy liquid on them. Any answers?

I was diagnosed on Sunday morning w/ genital herpes, along with my boyfriend. He had a cold sore and we ignored it and fooled around anyway. Now here we are both on our first outbreaks- his is almost nonexistent. No pain, no fever, no aching all over, just a few tiny red bumps that don't hurt.. Then here I am, covered in blisters, pouring water on myself to pee, running a fever, unsure of what I'm even supposed to be doing. I have also been throwing up, which is confusing because it isn't listed as a symptom of an H outbreak. From what I've read, female first outbreaks can get pretty bad...I just wanted to hear from a female who has gone through this, because at this point I really feel completely hopeless and lost, and I just need someone who understands what I'm going through. :(