Can genital or simplex herpes cause Postherpetic Neuralgia? I had a severe herpes outbreak (8 blisters everywhere) beginning April 24 when my eye doctor took me off of Acyclovir after nine years. The Acyclovir was used to prevent further flares in my left eye from Herpes Iritis. Now I am suffering from pain in the muscle and tingling in my right arm. There was a blister in that area which has now healed.
s not a heck of a lot more than 15% I remember that much ). You need to take acyclovir 2x/day to keep kicking enough herpes butt to keep the virus down to a dull roar. Since you get more bang with valtrex most folks only have to take it once daily for it to be as effective as twice daily acyclovir. Neither drug really gets a theraputic blood level in the body like some medications do. Both are excreted thru the kidneys within hours.
SERUM-ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY
i am confused as to what to make of this report. IgM is negative and IgG is indeterminate. Please suggets.
Two weeks later my blood test results came back negative for simplex 1, and a positive result of 1.49 for simplex 2. I saw the nurse at PP again and she put me on acyclovir for repressive therapy.
In the next few days I developed a large pimple like bump just at the bottom of the shaft of penis. I decided to go to a doctor to get it examined and a swab taken for a culture.
Cold sores are caused by the Herpes simplex virus type 1 not by Herpes zoster. Yes Herpes zoster can cause skin lesions on the face and eye. But you describe classic cold sore caused by Herpes simplex. It is quite common and about 80% of adults have it. It does go away sooner if you use a topical or pill form of acyclovir. If you really want to know, best to get it cultured. Acyclovir will help clear it up.
SO we did a culture on it, and we took a blood test. The culture came back positive for herpes simplex-1 and so did the the blood test.....no herpes simplex-2 was present. I had gotten another cold sore this time on my lip, of course i got all nervous and worried again. So i went went back and we did another blood test. This time the test came back positive for simplex-2 and nothing showed up for simplex-1.....my doctor said he was kind of confused...I am totally freaking out now....
Her and I were together 7 years by this time. I tested positive for Herpes Simplex I (mouth) but was negative for Herpes Simplex II (genital). I was told by the lab that Herpes Simplex I is very common (50-80% of population) and that most people don't know they have it( like me) because they never have symptoms. I have never had cold sores or anything on my mouth. I do often get Canker sores in my mouth but it's my understanding that is not herpes.
I have had herpes simplex type 2 (genital) for about 2.5 years. Acyclovir and lysine have reduced outbreaks dramatically. If I have unprotected sex with a partner who has been tested for herpes simplex 2 ( the test results indicate that exposure was quite awhile ago), will I risk causing my partner to have an outbreak? Will my partner's herpes cause me to have an outbreak?
creams dont really work on herpes lesion, since they are infecting the skin from the inside out.
I cannot comment specifically to your case since recurrent herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the eye is very complicatied as the HSV virus can just attack the surface of the cornea, get into the cornea deeper laywer in in the eye's interior. There are two approved eye drops for HSV, you might ask your ophthalmologist about that. Ideally you are under the care of an Eye MD ophthalmologist that is fellowship trained and specializes in cornea diseases.
So I'm pretty sure that I have herpes simplex 2 I have all the symptoms just not really interested in getting tested still living in denial I'm taking acyclovir 400 mg twice daily and the sores will go away but the skin is still weird looking and doesn't seem like it's gonna go back to normal anything you can suggest to help ?
= 0.8 to = 1.1
REMARK : Reference range is validated only for serum sample
ASSOCIATED TEST
HSV 1 and 2 – Western Blot (IgG & IgM)
IS 3.8 LOW POSITIVE FOR HSV 1 TYPE SPECIFIC IgG TEST??
HSV 2 IgG Ab to Herpes Simplex Virus 2,serum byEIA
NEGATIVE (0.07)
Negative : =0.8 to = 1.1 Ratio
REMARK : Reference range is validated only for serum sample .
ASSOCIATED TEST : HSV 1 and 2 – Western Blot (IgG & IgM)
Had Taken Acyclovir 200gm every night for past 7 days....
Not in canada so I go by the ACOG recommendations as well as the extensive research by Dr Zane Brown who has done the majority of the research on herpes and pregnancy. The herpes handbook by Terri Warren, our herpes expert here in medhelp, also supports the dose I recommended.
you never, ever, EVER have to take acyclovir if you don't want to, even during pregnancy.
it is less common than other forms of herpes simplex infections but not unheard of for toddlers to transmit their own oral herpes infections to their fingers due to thumb sucking and hands in mouth. hopefully recurrences will be few and far between but keep acyclovir handy to start at the first sign of a recurrence!
you also can pick up domeboro's tablets at the pharmacy ( sometimes you have to ask for them - hard to find on the shelves ).
I was originally prescribed 400 mg of acyclovir twice daily for suppression of my herpes type 2. Recently, I asked my doctor to increase my dosage to 800 mg of acyclovir twice daily. Is there any negatives associated with taking a higher dose than what is normally prescribed for suppression. Also, are there any benefits to taking a higher dose regularly for suppression like less shedding?
(I know for sure I have or have had the first four). Recently, I have been using acyclovir because I was having genital herpes outbreaks almost every month right before my period. It is strange because I have had genital herpes for 20 years, with barely any symptoms and about 6 years ago it slowly started reappearing until I was having breakouts once a month. About 5 years ago I also started getting stinging pain and numbness concentrated mostly in my hands and feet.
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