I talked to my family doctor and he is reluctant to have me go on
suppression therapy because he is concerned to me building resistance
to a medication.  I'd like to protect a partner from getting the
disease.

OK, have a care on this one....
I have spent years on yahoolists, etc. and enjoyed them immensely.  I
am enjoying this list immensely because there is a lot of information,
etc.  And I feel that the issues that are brought up are treated in a

I have Dr Stephen Sacks book and in it he says that the herpes virus
is so small it can pass through a coffee filter.  Well, if it is THAT
small, couldn't it pass through the amniotic sac during pregnancy?  If
there is a lesion inside the cervix from a recurrence it seems likely

Hello Joanne,
Why don't you head on over to WebMD where you can get some help from Terri
Warren. Here's the link: http://boards.webmd.com/topic.asp?topic_id=90. She
will be better able to help you with all of your herpes and pregnancy

I've been looking for effective, OTC treatment for my oral herpes
outbreaks for years.  I've tried Herpicin-L, L-Lysine, Zinc
supplements... I recently heard an ad for Abreva and got interested.
However, does anyone have any experience with Abreva or Novitra (the

http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~faculty/wagner/hsvimg04z.jpg
Look at the above link at HSV1 genetic code.
It seems so complex. Viruses can multiply themselves.
There is no way viruses are non-living forms.

I am delurking to correct you on one point.  I read in another thread
where you said lesions do not appear on or inside the cervix during
recurrences.  That simply is not true.  It is not common, but it happens
and it happened to me, more than once.  I don't know if the virus ...

Do you know of any food that causes outbreaks or increase the probability of
outbreaks?
My situation: after contracting herpes in the spring of 2001 (damn me for
unprotected sex with a "healthy looking " girl) I went on Zovirax for 2

By the way, I'm not a Dr of medicine! I've been diagnosed with
shingles and prescribed aciclovir 800mg 5 times a day. Does anyone
know if my taking of this anti viral drug will lessen my body's
immunity to the zoster virus in future by making the fight easier as

I have been taking Valtrex for about 5 months and have just stepped
the dosage up to 1 g daily, as 500 mg was not doing ANYTHING.
I was having outbreaks every 10 days or so.  
I read some research:  

ok I am just gonna lay it on straight here... I am a guy in my mid
twentys, and ever since my girl friend moved away to school I have been
so sexualy frustrated that I have been masterbating constantly... about
2 months after she left I got a nasty rash on my penis. it spread in

hi..
I am having my worst outbreak...doctor say every outbreak will be
different..and sometime last as long as a month...
I have noticed it drying up...it is a definate improvement over a few

I piss all over myself and my bike.

I'll spend the weekend reading through the group's posts and further
educating myself.
Found a blister on my labia (sorry if that's too much info) a week
ago.  Got the results of my culture today and I have it.  I was too

Greetings, I have a question.
I think I aquired herpes a few months ago after only kissing a girl.
There are however some things that make me think it is not herpes.
Immediately I felt a burning sensation in my mouth for example, and a