Newly diagnosed:(

[AJW1234]

i’m a female 23 years old and i just found out i have HSV-2 i’ve never been the type to sleep around i’ve only had sex with 3 people my whole lifetime and this 3rd one recently when i had sex is when i found out . i’ve been kind of upset since i found out and i’m scared i just had my first outbreak and it was beyond painful to the point where i had to have a catheter put in to urinate i’ve never had a STD so this is really a lot on me at once my outbreak has healed but i still have some itching so i’m just curious if that could be from the healing process or am i about to have another one. HELP ! 

[Jenn88]

I would like to know the answer to this as well as I juat hor

ober my second outbreak 2 days ago and today my upper legs are on fire 

[AJW1234]

i’m so overwhelmed 😞 

[_a_rayofsunshine_]

Usually the pattern of an OB is itchiness, bump forming, pain, then it burstsamd starts healing. 

 

Start taking vitamins. I was diagnosed in April. Had maybe 2-3 outbreaks with july being the last one and that’s when i started taking l-lysine, vitamin c, vitamin d3, echinacea & goldenseal extract (only during that outbreak & when i felt any sickness coming out), & liquid chlorophyll. I take it daily. It’s been 3 months and ive had no issues or signs of any but i am still shedding or contagious because a new partner said he got it 2 weeks after being w/ me. 

[AJW1234]

yeah i just finished my antivirals so i thought it could still be from healing 

[Next step]

3 hours ago, _a_rayofsunshine_ said:

Usually the pattern of an OB is itchiness, bump forming, pain, then it burstsamd starts healing. 

 

Start taking vitamins. I was diagnosed in April. Had maybe 2-3 outbreaks with july being the last one and that’s when i started taking l-lysine, vitamin c, vitamin d3, echinacea & goldenseal extract (only during that outbreak & when i felt any sickness coming out), & liquid chlorophyll. I take it daily. It’s been 3 months and ive had no issues or signs of any but i am still shedding or contagious because a new partner said he got it 2 weeks after being w/ me. 

 @_a_rayofsunshine_ are you in suporessives? Did you and your partner use protection ? How did you disclose ? Just curious as I think transmission is what everyone worries about most . Thx:)

[_a_rayofsunshine_]

I don’t and have never taken any prescribed medications. We didn’t use protection & i simply told my current partner because we actually had sex on an outbreak before finding out it was H. It took 2 months for him to have an OB after exposure. I also simply texted all of my partners within the last year & told them that hey, i just got diagnosed w/ H type 2 & you should get tested. All of them replied w/ okay thanks for letting me know. No one was angry w/ me. Even if they did become angry, i was prepared to handle it. The day i found it, they found out. 

However, that new partner we didn’t use protection but i only kissed him once & he said he got a cold sore but nothing on his genitals. Im still confused at that because i have genital H type 2. 

[AJW1234]

yeah that’s weird .