Valtrex and fever blisters

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Avatar n tn A few months ago I gave my boyfriend one...After it looked like it cleared up we had oral sex and the fever blisters got way worse! All over the top and bottom of his lips. This has happened twice. The first time he was out in the sun for 6 hours the 2nd time for 10 hours. I need to know if giving me oral sex could make his fever blisters so bad? Or if it was the sun? They are very painful and his lips are swollen. Any advice would help! THX!
Avatar n tn I performed oral sex and remembered the next day I had a small fever blister on my upper lip. It was pretty dried up. I take Valtrex for fever blisters and had taken it earlier that week /fever blister was asymptomatic. I also later that same night had intercourse. Can I get genital herpes from this? It has been 9 days.
Avatar m tn I used acyclovir, and I believe it was 4 days I was given a one day treatment of Valtrex. 4 pills 2 times in one day, in all 8 pills. I can't remember what size they were. My blisters have improved dramatically, and the swelling in my lip seems to have completely subsided. My question is this. After having taken the valtrex, am I know much less contagious? Let me be more clear. When I look at my lips closely, I see what I think could be remaining small blisters.
Avatar n tn (I get fever blisters from time to time, but usually they are on my left side, and give me fair warning, major 'prodrome' symtoms. Not this time) My husband wondered if perhaps the two were connected. Called the doc, whom I'd been to see for the pain. She treated it like a normal 'fibro flare'... anyway, after the lesion came up, she was unavailable.
1472764 tn?1287588186 Has anyone discovered that they get more fever blisters in the nose, mouth and even vaginal area during pregnancy? Will vaginal herpes outbreaks or even in the nose and on the mouth harm the baby. I usually get them when I'm stressed, have fever, or sunburned.
Avatar n tn Today I have a fever of 99.7. Is it normal for the fever to begin after the blisters crust over... of do I need to be concerned about something else?
Avatar f tn Diagnosed with shingles Wednesday night - went to doctor same day symptoms started as they were significant. Started Valtrex. Have bumps on lower back near sciatic nerve on left side and on left thigh following nerve line. Entire thigh dull to touch but high pain (throbbing, etc). Pain on site at back. Also high pain, burning on left hip, stomach, behind knee. Friday morning noticed third patch of bumps on thigh (more inward) and an increase of bumps on first set of thigh bumps.
Avatar n tn and was discussed earlier, can be controlled with Valtrex. 1 pill a day. It has been 60 days and I am vertigo FREE!!! No side effects AT ALL from the Valtrex. This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/284304'>Vertigo from allergies question</a>.
Avatar m tn The next day I awoke in horror as the area was covered in red blisters. By the afternoon of 8/26 the blisters had opened creating an open sore. A PA examined it and remarked how quickly for a first outbreak it seemed to be shedding and scabbing over quickly. She indicated that it could have been HSV-1 or HSV-2 delivered through oral sex.
Avatar m tn I tried to stop valtrex for a couple to days, then the fever came back. After resuming valtrex, the fever and diarrhea resolved the next day. I also tried increasing valtrex to 2gm twice a day, and was feeling almost completely well. I am really worrying that I have contracted disseminated, drug-resistant herpes, including ocular herpes and herpes encephalitis, and don’t know what to do. I am currently still taking Valtrex 1g twice a day, but feeling that it’s not working.
Avatar f tn ve got a fever, sore throat and severe body aches now too. Valtrex helps somewhat with the blisters on my arm if I start it soon enough, but this whole body rash laughs at any medication I try. Anybody have any thoughts? I'm going to the doctor tomorrow but am worried about the contagious nature of these blisters.
Avatar m tn I'm 38 years old. My last sexual activity was .8/22. I see someone once a month and we engaged in unprotected oral sex and sex with a condom. About 48 hours later a tender spot appeared at the base of my penis which I thought could have been an ingrown hair (I shave that area with a razor). Sure enough a small, hard lump appeared feeling almost cyst like. It was tender to the touch but otherwise painless. The next day it had become quite large...
Avatar f tn I tracked my IBS symptoms for a year and a half and found that it was linked to my fever blisters on my lip that would break out each month I started my period. I also found a GI surgeon that wrote a paper stating that he too found a link between HS1 and IBS and that patients that took valtrex for the HS1 had a significant decrease in nausea, bloating, constipation, and diarreha. I knew that each time this blister on my lip popped out I would have all those symptoms.
Avatar f tn I am 57 years old, female. I have suffered with fever blisters all of my life. This past weekend I ran a fever of 102.9 with aches and pains. This only laster one day. Three days later I developed a blister on the end of my nose ( I also think I may have blisters inside my nose, I can not tell if it is just dry sore membranes or blisters). I looked up on the internet about this blister and I am reading something called Hutchinson's sign. This sounds serious and has me frightened.
Avatar m tn I'm a 30yr old female and about 3 years ago, I got a fever blister/cold sore (is there a difference?) on my lower lip....this was the first time I'd ever gotten one. I've had about 4 since that time and recently I had a small acne breakout on my chin (which is not normal for me)...over the past week it spread almost like a rash, but it resembles the cluster of blisters I'd had on my lip. Is it possible that this could be Herpes?
Avatar n tn I have been diagnosed with fever blisters (herpes type 1) well one of my blisters started weeping and a little got on my tongue...Will this spread the disease inside my mouth? HELP I am a mother of a 2 year old and I am so worried i won't even let him kiss my cheek.
Avatar n tn If you took valtrex, it's too late for any testing to be done. Go and be seen and get this looked at though - an experienced practioner can give a pretty good guess with a visual exam. If they feel it's herpes related, you'll need additional testing in several months.
Avatar m tn high fever, sweats, light sensitive, confusion, stiff neck, flu like symptoms. The stiff neck and fever were remarkable. Initially, I had blisters on my forehead along with my genital otbks. Yr later I wld rarely got g otbks. Instead, I would get g neuralgia and a rash on my skin. The rash looked like clusters of tiny blisters that trailed away. Something like the number 9- anywhere from 2"-10" in length. This has happened at least 30+ Xs.
Avatar f tn Yes. Shedding means that the virus is active and can be transmitted without active symptoms (blisters, bumps, rash, etc). An outbreak is when you have symptoms. :-) Keep asking questions.
Avatar f tn Hi doctor. Back in January of this year, I started getting flu like symptoms. I had high fevers for a week, and was very tired. I went to the de and he just said I had some kind of virus. Two days later I started feeling uncomfortable "down there" and thought I was getting a yeast infection. I bought some vagisil and it seemed to not help very much. I developed some blisters. I don't remember having a discharge. I ended up going to the ER on January 27th.
Avatar f tn I did not notice that one side of my vulva was very tender and red. I never saw any blisters and it never itched. Could that have been an outbreak? The whole week before we left for out of town I used zinc oxide to help prevent any tearing or to strengthen my skin down there. Could the zinc oxide have caused it to be irritated?
Avatar n tn 2) my fiance takes Valtrex for fever blisters, is there any chance it got into my bloodstream thus causing a false positive reading?
Avatar f tn actually the answer is more accurately - sometimes it can. if you started suppressive therapy soon after being infected, it can delay seroconversion. you started it a few months into things so it wouldn't have affected your test results. at this point you have several posts going on. we can help you best if you just keep it all in 1 post - thanks!
Avatar f tn It was a vicious attack that affected my bladder and feet along with nausea, extreme tiredness and fever as well as the usual blisters. I seem to have come good now and am down to just one valtrex tablet per day. Would this mask my results of finding out how long I have had this? Thanks, Red.
Avatar m tn As far back as my early teen years I'd get an occasional cold sore on my lip. No worries I'd just get the cream and it would go away. Now I'm 40 and two weeks ago had lower back surgery. I had a small fever blister but forgot about it. Two weeks go by and I noticed all these ulcers in my mouth along my cheek and back of the throat. I panicked and went to see the doc. He said it was the type 2 herpes but only gave me 2 valtrex pills at 1gm each. What's going on?
Avatar n tn is concerned that I contracted herpes due to my mouth symptom and has put me on valtrex. I have also had irritation and burning to the inside of my thighs but have seen no blisters. A painful area arose on my right thigh which scabbed over but did not seem to ulcerate. I have not had any blisters to my penis or scrotum although my head has been irritated. Lasty my girlfriend had one cold sore two weeks after my encounter.