Acyclovir for acne
Common Questions and Answers about Acyclovir for acne
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you only take acyclovir daily for cold sore prevention? it isn't effective as a once daily treatment for herpes.
being on acyclovir suppressively will mess up testing for hsv2. that said, this encounter was only oral sex so you really were never at risk for hsv2.
blood testing for std's a few days post encounter was inaccurate. most of the std's you were at risk for can't be tested for via blood as well as you tested too early.
I was recently in the Caribean for an extended period of time and 1 month before I left I developed a rash on the tip of my penis. It also caused some discomfort. It does not itch. I have no pain when urinating. I have been to the doctor and have taken Ampicillin, metronidazole, Acyclovir, ketoconazole in that order. I recently went to the Dermatoligist and he gave me Cloderm to apply to the infected area. Now it is spreading down the penis.
I've posted here before and found out that the bumps I had were folliculitis because of the resemblance from the pictures I found, here's the story I posted on August first: (So I had this hookup with someone claiming to be clean and met up on a love hotel, but before that i was stressed out for a month because of studies most days I wake up at 4 am then sleep at 12 am changing my body cycle, so we had unprotected oral sex and protected anal sex with lube *note: I am the insertive part,
So I had this hookup with someone claiming to be clean and met up on a love hotel, but before that i was stressed out for a month because of studies most days I wake up at 4 am then sleep at 12 am changing my body cycle, so we had unprotected oral sex and protected anal sex with lube *note: I am the insertive part, after that I didn't ejaculate inside but removed the condom then ejaculated outside, afterwards I took a shower and scrubbed up my genitals really hard just to be safe, then 2 day
I went back to another gyn as the pain intensity had reduced and although intermittent it was still there (2/10). Her speculum exam revealed a really bad yeast infection. I got tested for everything and am waiting on the HPV results. She ordered serology tests for herpes which came back positive for IgM (1.4) but negative for both 1 & 2 for IgG (0.1).
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I strongly suspect whatever this virus is, is a cause for IBS/Crohns and weird pseudo-acne breakouts. Acne, after all, requires initial inflammation to create an environment in the pores that invites abnormal strains of p. acnes and staph bacteria into the pores, where usually only good strains of p. acnes live. It might be triggering certain types of acne, too, by initiating lumps or inflammation.
Despite my concern and pleas for further testing He said no and insisted it was acne and gave me medication for that. I went back a month later and got the same response with different meds for acne. He said as long as there was not a cluster of blisters there was no need to test.
In the mean time my daughter has had itching around her nose for about 3 months now. This morning I noticed 3 little bumps close together on her nose! She is only 7.
You are not in mourning for anything except your unprotected sex life ...... for people who get HSV2 it is like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted and have to now do what we should have done in the first place and that is ....played safe and protected ourselves .....
We are all in charge of what we are prepared to risk and for all of us with HSV2 we took the risk of unprotected sex and are now paying the price for that so we have no one to blame but ourselves ...
one day i went to go check the pills she gave me because i was on birth control and wanted to know if it would affect it so i looked up the name acyclovir to find out it was for the herpes simplex virus....i freaked out and called and asked them why they gave me a pill for herpes if i didn't have that and the nurse on the phone told me that its for more than one thing and that its best not to google things cause it give me false indications.....
You get much better relief from ob's by taking acyclovir 2x/day every single day. You can do this for under $20/month in the US even if you don't have insurance.
Lysine doesn't help to heal ob's faster. It also doesn't suppress the virus.
For acyclovir when you first start feeling an ob about to start, take either 400mg 3x/day for 5 days or 800mg 2x/day for 2 days. Both speed healing at the same rate.
So it's been 4 months since my last encounter and it's been a journey. I've have acne and boils appear all over my body through out this whole process. My lips have been tingling since June 12th 2018, although the tingling has diminished a bit I feel it but no cold sore has appear. Can Hsv1 or Hsv2 Prodromal tingling last for 4 months?Is that normal? I also notice red dot in the middle of the upper lip it's been there for 2 weeks. I will be Testing on OCT 1st.
Grace I would like to know if caffeine is a trigger to a herpes outbreak. The reason why is because I have been drinking coffee for a while I usually don't I had three outbreaks last month. However I have been off acyclovir for a 13 months. I had HSV2 for 4 years and 5 months now my OBGYN said that I shouldn't be experiencing that many outbreaks being that I have had the virus for some time she's saying that is too many outbreaks.
Hi all. I have had herpes 2 in my genitals for two years now and my girlfriend recently went to the gynecologist and asked about risks associated with having sex with me, etc. She mentioned that I experience between 8 and 10 outbreaks per year and her gynecologist suggested that I may have another underlying condition, infection perhaps that results in so many outbreaks. Last month a started taking 800mg of acyclovir daily to see if that would reduce my outbreaks and shedding.
i started taking acyclovir a few days ago for the first time for a mild cold sore breakout. 2 days after i started, the cold sores got more intense, and 2 new huge cold sores came up out of nowhere. i have 3 more days left of the medication, and i'm going to keep taking it, but what should i do? these cold sores are not going away, and it seems like its getting worse! so done with these friggin things...
At this point it's too late to culture it and get more accurate answers. Should it ever reoccur - make them culture it for herpes within 24-48 hours of its appearance.
Oral antibiotics and topical antibiotics and steroids are not used to treat herpes ( well sometimes steroids but not usually ). If it was really acyclovir and zovirax ointment then they aren't antibiotics but antivirals. Not sure what all they prescribed for your hubby.
Hsv1 orally is incredibly common.
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