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Still can not believe the Diagnosis

Hey Guys I am at such a loss, back in November I was having all kinds of problems with yeast treated over and over but it only made the pain worse (I was so red) . finally after 3 or 4 visits (and testing for Gonereah and claymidia that was negative) they found tric in late December I finally had about 10 days of relief Since then I will get pain quite often like a burning or like my pants are irratating me and redness, it got real bad again and I went to the doc and asked them to see if the tric was back and he did a wet prep but saw nothing, he said he could see how red I was and usually when someone comes in like that they think of contact and wanted to know if I had changes something laundery soap ect. He wrote me a script for tindamax just to see if that would help since it did last time. It did help but very temporarily. ( around this time my lower back has also been hurting me but I thought it was just my bed) durining the time when we thought it was just yeast I also have noticed that i have not been able to hold my bladder for as long as I used to, I would pee enought though to know it wasnt a bladder infection, no pain when going or anything just couldnt go as long as I used to without having to go to the bathroom.

. In the very begining I would get so red by the afternoon and over night sometimes could be back to normal and sometimes not. I can have pain one day and none the next. It seems that I have pain 2 weeks before my period and then the week of my period I am fine. Then after i have pain one day and not the next I have even noticed I can have irrataion in the morning and by eveining it could be better or worse, so there is no set pattern to my irratation.I pretty much dont get red anymore just the irratation  So I went to a speacalist and she test me for all kinds of stuff and everything is negative except hsv 1 and hsv 2. I am sooooooooo I dont even know the words. I have never had an outbreak and I just want to ask if you think I should have this test confirmed with another one. My test is
HSV 1/2 igg herpeselect type specific ab 6447sb=
hsv 1 iff type specific ab 4.38 index
hsv 2 igg type specific ab 5.00 index

Can herpes bother you every day almost like this without actual outbreaks of blisters? I thought it has relief in between outbreaks, I have discomfort everyday with maybe a day break, but sometimes my discomfort can be morning only or evening only.  Could back pain and not being able to hold my potty for as long all be related?

I just dont know what to do.... I am so sensitive to any medication and I fear I will probabbly have to take suppresive thearpy if these are related. Even doxy makes me sick.

Thanks for reading my long post.

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Okay thank you so much for your support.
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101028 tn?1419603004
A hsv2 igg of 5 isn't likely to be a false positive.

Yes repeatedly treating for vaginitis can cause the skin to become sensitive. Also repeated infections can cause thining of the genital skin too.

Acyclovir isn't going to be helpful just once daily. Don't be fearful of it and take it 2x/day for a few weeks and see if it helps. If you get side effects that you need help with - just post to this post about them and I'll give you a hand :)


Try the extra tlc to your genital area and see if that helps too.

grace
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Hi Grace,

I have not tried that. She was going to have me take it twice a day but I told her I was scared to because of my sensitivity to meds and she said well then I could take it once a day. I used so many vaginal meds when they said i had yeast and then bv that I wonder if this is where the pain has come from and how to correct it. I will try your suggestions do you think my test results could be a false positive? Thank you for your time.
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101028 tn?1419603004
Acyclovir needs to be taken 2x/day in order for it to be effective. Once daily is not enough.  Only valtrex can be taken 1x/day for suppressive therapy.  

will genital herpes cause redness all the time like this? Absolutely not. I recommend a 2nd opinion from a different obgyn.  It could even be from something like dryness going on.  Have you tried something as simple as soaking in the tubby with a packet of aveeno bath thrown in and then always keeping a coating of a barrier cream on your genital area like a&d, bag balm, zinc oxide etc to see if that helps?

grace
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736575 tn?1288902558
I took acyclovir every time I had an outbreak the first couple of years after I was diagnosed with herpes.  The side effects are minimal.  It is an anti-viral medication.  Left untreated, outbreaks can last for a couple of weeks.  Especially, the first one.  Everyone does not get blisters.  There are sometimes no outward signs of an outbreak.  I have had herpes since 1996
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897535 tn?1295206435
I've taken Valtrex with no side effects. Acyclovir is a similar drug. You should ask the pharmacist or your doctor, but I think in the scheme of highly side-effect drugs, it's a tame one.
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I actually just got the diagnosis less than a week ago, I just got a script but am scared to take it, how do most people react to acylovir? she prescribed me 400 once a day. My doctor did do a uti test and it is negative.

Do you think my results are possibly false because of the hsv 1 results? today has been so painful :-(  But when I felt it starting last night it felt like it was from being too dry, however, this morning I woke up red and slightly swollen.
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897535 tn?1295206435
No, herpes would not cause symptoms every day, day after day.

It sounds like you have more than one thing going on. Tindamax is a med for bacterial infections, not herpes. Have you been taking an antiviral (Valtrex or acylovir) for your herpes symptoms?

Back pain and not holding your urine are classic UTI infections.

See your doc.
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