Young_Confused

I was diagnosed in September, my boyfriend of two moths was not aware he was infected. His ex cheated and ended up infecting him we came to find out later. But, I have not had an outbreak since I was diagnosed. I was diagnosed by the NP at my doctors office and she didn’t have much info for me and she had to google what medication to put me on and the correct dose. I’m on acyclovir 400 mg twice a day. Is it weird to not have symptoms again yet? I don’t know if I’m just lucky or the medication is working. I forget to take it a lot, some days I don’t take it at all and some days I only take it in the morning and forget at night. They didn’t even tell my what type of herpes I have, do they normally type you when they test a culture? Or will I have to get a blood test to know if it’s Hsv1 or 2? I know 2 is more common genitally, but 1 is becoming more prevalent than it used to. My boyfriend has yet to have any symptoms.

I had a primary outbreak three weeks ago and my initial sore went away within less than a week or so I just had severe pain. But, I ended up with one literally in my butt crack and it is still there and has been here for two and a half weeks and it will not heal. I try epsom salt baths, coconut oil, everything I've found online and I don't know what to do it won't go away. It hurts every time I wipe and I can't stop myself from using the bathroom obviously. I need advice on what I should do to help it heal and if I should up my accyclovir dose? I'm on suppressive therapy 400 mg twice a day.

My boyfriend and I have been together for a couple months now and I found out I had hsv 2 two weeks ago and I assumed I got it from my ex who had slept with so many people before and we last had sex three months ago. My boyfriend has been suppprtive and saying he wants to stay with me no matter what, he's going to get tested this week because his ex cheated on him a lot so either I got it from him or my ex we just don't know yet. But, he just moved back into his grandparents while his house gets remodeled and when I went the the bathroom there I saw a tube of accyclovir 5% ointment and I'm freaking out. All his stuff is in that bathroom but I never asked if there is another bathroom there or if they all share it so it doesn't mean it's his for sure I was too scared to ask. I really don't think he'd lie and I googled it and it says the ointment is for genital herpes and the cream is for cold sores but could it be his grandmas or brothers? Could the ointment be prescribed for oral herpes or just genital? I'm at a loss and I don't know how this could be a coincidence. I don't want him to think I was snooping, it was sitting on the counter face down and I just turned it over and saw what it was.

I would get tested just to make sure because you never know. I was recently diagnosed and I didn't even think H was a possibility because I haven't been with many people and I didn't get sores I just got the rest of the symptoms, but I'm positive for hsv2. I'm new to this, so I don't have much advice I actually need some myself, but just don't let it consume your life if the results are positive. I let it control me so much and affect me more than I should have for the first few weeks.

I just got through my first breakout and I was wondering a few things, whenever I was diagnosed my primary care provider didn't give me any information about it so I've just been googling and using this site. My first outbreak was very painful, but I only ever had one small "sore" that looked like a tiny cut and it was gone within about a week. They say the recurrent outbreaks are usually less severe than the first one and I'm now on accyclovir 400 mg twice a day, so is it looking like maybe my outbreaks won't be terrible whenever I have them? I'm really worried about it but I know there's no way to know for sure.

I'm going through my first outbreak. My sores don't look like your average herpes sores, well atleast not like the ones they put in your health book at school but they still hurt so bad. I only have like two sores and they are pretty internal, but EVERYWHERE HURTS! Places that don't have sores at all hurt and it hurts to sit, walk, do anything and I can't take it. I'm in college and have two jobs and it's extremely hard to focus on anything but the pain and nasty discharge. I'm on my meds and I only have three days left of my initial prescription. I know it's different for everyone, but when does it start to get better?

So, I'm pretty sure I have hsv 2, I'm awaiting the results and still have around 5 days left of waiting. I never saw this coming, but I'm sure nobody really does. I'm in my twenties and I've had sex with 4 people, all of which I was in a relationship with. I'm in a new relationship with an amazing guy and after two months of having sex I started having symptoms. It hurt the last two times we had sex and I thought that was normal because I wasn't used to having so much sex like we had been having. The last time we had sex was Wednesday and then on Friday I remember feeling weird when I sat down but nothing bad, I didn't think much of it. I thought I had a vaginal tear becaus it hurt when pee when touch it and I assumed it was from pretty rough sex and my friend said that's happened to her before, she's married and they have only been with each other. Come Sunday I was in so much pain and my vagina just looked irritated but nothing on my actual skin. It started burning so bad when I peed that I could cry and it hurt to sit, bend, you name it. When I got checked out at first they had me take a urinalysis and they said I had a UTI. But I mentioned my vagina was in a lot of pain at the very bottom. She looked at it and took a swab for a viral culture. I haven't noticed any new sores but I'm in so much pain and she said she could see the "cut" and that it is either trama or hsv. Obviously it's not trama or I wouldn't have discharge and severe pain and burning. My boyfriends ex was known to cheat, but also my ex could have had it because he had been with a lot of women. I have no clue what to do and when this pain will stop, I've never pictured my life going like this and I have so much going on right now. I need advice on how to cope. My boyfriend says he wants to work through whatever the outcome may be, but if I have it and he doesn't then I just don't think I could let him take the risk of ever getting it.