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I think one of the challenges with herpes, and diseases in general, is that what is normal for me may never be normal for you. It's still good to ask these questions because you get people sharing insight and maybe you'll find a lot of people in your same situation. But don't be surprised if you hear people say that there are an infinite amount of ways that herpes will manifest for different people. Anyways, if I had to take a guess, maybe the virus is trying to show up on your skin but your immune system is going a pretty good job keeping it at bay. You'll find some people on anti-virals like Valtrex will have tingling but not other visible symptoms, but it sounds like you aren't on suppressive meds.

@Kbh -- sorry, I didn't phrase that well, but I've never taken anti virals.

@Kbh -- I kind of rotate things, but in general I take moringa for a multi, fish/krill oil, turmeric, vit c, vit d, sometimes lysine, sometimes zinc. I also take oregano oil, colloidal silver, and neem/andrographis for immune support when needed. I also really like raw apple cider vinegar, coconut oil and nutritional yeast, more on foods though. I know I am forgetting stuff, but this is the jist. I am going to begin monolaurin and herpes nosodes (homeopathy, very studied in Europe) soon as a replacement for anti-virals as I don't want to use them as there is evidence it causes your immune system to slack.

@Gimmehope Haven't gotten there yet, sorry! Good luck though. I am sure others on here can comment. I have heard of married couples together for like 20 years still using condoms (would drive me insane) and I've heard of going without condoms for casual relationships.

Personally, I couldn't use condoms indefinitely if I was with a long-term committed partner. If the partner was not okay with the risk, I would have to move on. This is a very personal situation though. I am not saying you should tell your partner to say screw condoms if he isn't comfortable. As a guy, a proper fitting condom makes all the difference to me. Definitely experiment with different brands if you guys have not already. I've gotten compliments from ladies that Sir Richard's condoms feel good, for what it's worth. It's a tough one. If he isn't okay with the risk of going without condom, then he has to be okay with the less sensation. Otherwise I do not see how it can work. I can't think of a way to have it both ways - wish I did! PS - antivirals might be a way to lessen the risk, if you aren't already using them. And just get your health/immune system as strong as possible.

Don't forget that Epstein Barr Virus (mono), Cytomegalovirus, Chicken Pox/Shingles, the flu, the cold, etc etc are not curable (at least under current model of medicine, not gonna go off on that tangent :-)) HPV is not "curable" but a healthy, normal immune system regularly clears the virus into non-importance.

In my experience the blood tests always show a negative result as <.xx level. As in, I've never seen a result say 0.00 igg. We have lots of proteins (basically what antibodies are) in our blood and small levels of different things can even confuse blood tests. So that's why for an equivocal positive, they want it show above a certain range. Otherwise it's a grey area.

I'd love if antibodies present, but no outbreak, meant that there was a strong possibility of not having the virus. It unfortunately does not jive with the fact that lots of people are asymptomatic. I guess these people just have really strong immune systems. Did your wife test for HSV-1 and HSV-2?

@tessuhjay Tea tree oil is awesome! I'm in a little bit of a weird situation as I am pretty sure I am a rare one with Oral HSV-2. I learned I had it in January 2017 and I think I got it from sex in November 2016, but other than what I think was the initial outbreak (badass flu/strep throat feeling), it hasn't caused me issues other than occasional headaches (if it's even the cause of the headaches). I am not on anti-virals, mainly due to my bias towards natural treatments.

@Nadia -- sure, you're welcome. Use herpes as an opportunity to improve your immune system which will mean less or maybe no outbreaks, and just a healthier life in general. There are tons of natural supplements and foods to help with this. If you have any specific questions, I am happy to help.

@nadia Do your best to take peace in the results and move past the anxiety. 5 months and 22 days is a very good amount of time for you to have produced antibodies. I am pretty sure I produced an IgG 10.5 result for HSV-2 after 2 months time... It's also great that your flu symptoms were indeed the flu. But even if you had HSV-2, it isn't the end of the world, I promise.

@tessuhjay Check out colloidal/structured silver gel and/or coconut oil. Both are very beneficial internally as well as externally, and have anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal qualities.

Everyone practically has it -everywhere in the world-. In fact, if you have oral HSV-1 only, then consider it a blessing as it will help protect you against getting it genitally. If you got it genitally as well, I would think you would know since you had a pronounced initial outbreak. HSV-1 prefers the mouth much more than the genitals. Obviously we are not infectious disease specialists here though.

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