Is it normal to get a tingling feeling a few hours after kissing someone?
but no coldsore? Is this a sign that you have been infected (the tingling
feeling), or is the tingling feeling only when an outbreak is about to
occur? or is this a sign that you already had the cold sore ...

I first heard about lysine in the early 80's and pretty much forgot
about it.  In the mean time my former genital herpes has sort of
turned into shingles and now appears as blisters on and around my
buttocks.  Haven't had any genital sores in about 15 years.  But some

Fellow A.S.H'sters,
 Just wondering if anyone has any input on how to tell a partner about
having oral herpes and how to best explain to them that it is herpes
simplex type-1 which can infect their lips or other areas of their

damn I am confused with this new found knowledge. Am I to understand
that .....follow me here, since I have genital herpes and at some
point down the road my then to be ...whoever , performs oral sex on me
during  an outbreak on my part ( lets assume she does not have ANY

Well the winner is ME.  I'm the mother of a bouncing baby - HSV-2 ... .
I feel like I have to wear a scarlet letter for the rest of my life. .
. The Valtrex worked wonders and I feel as if nothing ever happend.  I
can't wait until I get the full blown outbreak, flu, fever, chills,

Could someone who has never been symptomatic still be contagious via
shedding?
Thanks.
B

It's me again, thanks for the previous answers to my newfound
predicament. Now . . for follow-up.
I started the Valtrex 500 mg 2xs a day on Thursday; by Friday evening
the "sore" was practically gone.  Does it work that fast??

This girl said she got genital warts  from her ex-bf and said (about
2-1/2 to 3 years ago) they were like cawli flower  (sp?) growth around
her vagina etc.
She said she went to the doc and got it cleaned. since then no more

You said:
" I say this because genital hsv-1 follows the distribution of 40% have
1 ob ever, 50% have 1-2 obs over 1-2 years and then nothing, and only
around 10% have more than this, but it sounds highly unlikely that

I'm almost ready to give up on dating. Every woman I meet that I think
is going to accept me having herpes, drops me like a hot potatoe, for
"another reason" as they say.
So I am still in the process of trying to meet new people. I have 3

I have been reading the posts in here for almost a year and  need some
info. A liitle history, I am the person who recieved genital herpes
from my wife, last October ( who was cheating on me,she got it from
the boyfriend )

I am VERY new to all of this.  Please bear with me.  I was just
visually diagnosed by my GYN to have herpes.  She has done the scrape
test and should have results by next week.  She put me on 5 days of
treament with Valtrex 500 mg.  I was really quite shocked as I never

Alternatives and Prescriptions
I think people need to keep an open mind and consider all their options when
trying to find out what works best for them. Everybody is different and the
virus does different things to different people.

thought I'd share.
http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/126/116186.htm?pagenumber=2