Herpes Treatment - Restoring Your Social Life
Herpes Treatment is a very contraversial subject. People from all walks of life chime in constantly to give their “expert” opinions. A lot of people think that Herpes can spell the end of one’s social life. Some people who have contracted the illness despair and suffer silently, believing there’s nothing they can do to lead normal lives again.
This mentality is boosted by popular media, where herpes is often portrayed as something to laugh at. However, you should realize that there are treatments for herpes available to those who seek them. What are the objectives of these treatments?
Herpes Treatment - Alleviate symptoms
Alleviate symptoms – the main reason why people get treatment for herpes is the fact that the symptoms can be pretty severe. Using drugs can reduce the pain significantly and reduce the sores visibly. The first breakout of herpes is often the most painful and most prolonged. Treatment can help a person recover from this.
Speed Up Recovery
Another reason for getting treatment would be to help speed up the recovery time. As said before, an initial outbreak of herpes can be prolonged, and people seek treatment t o help them cut the time that they suffer the symptoms of herpes. By speeding up recovery, treatment for herpes helps a person live a more normal lifestyle.
Suppress symptoms
There are also certain treatment regimens designed to totally suppress the symptoms. Ideally, the daily treatment will prevent symptoms from ever showing up. Sure, the disease will always be there –it isn’t curable, after all- but treatment will help a person get the next best thing to being cured.
These herpes treatment goals are only accomplished if you know which treatments to use and how to use those treatments properly. You should look into the various treatment options and consult a physician to see which one works best for you.
Remember that you don’t have to suffer through the symptoms of herpes. With the right treatment for herpes, you can step away from the fear and start getting your life back. All you need to do now is decide to take control and get all the help you can. In the battle against herpes, you are not alone.
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i found out some months ago i have herpes. i felt so bad i had that cold symphtoms and i felt really bad for like 2 weeks. i got really depressed but this was just because ignorance, i’ve been reading a lot about it and right now i feel waaaay better.
i also told my boyfriend, unless it wasn’t easy. he was so kind with me, he supports and understands how i feel. also he said that is no reason to leave me. IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE HONEST especially if its about someone you care about.
take it easy, aftes a few outbreaks your gonna get the hang of it and you’ll know how to treat them. but dont hesitate to see a doctor. its better to decide what to do with the information that he gives you than deciding from something you read on the internet. not everything is trustfull.
i still have a lot of questions but some stuff no one can know (not even the doctor) Because i wanted to know how often the outbreaks would be or where would them be appearing but it depends on your body, and as you know everybody is diferent.
don’t think you’ll never have sex or fall in love, if someone loves you there wont be any problems. BUT … you’ll always have to be careful with your diet, exersise, vitamins, etc etc
hope this makes you feel better i just want to cheer you up. dont feel bad with yourself. this can happen to anybody even if you’re virgin and it’s the first time having sex, it wrong when people think it just happens to whores o slutty girls.
hope this helps you.
thank you very much if you read it completely.
danielle
thank you so much for your kind words Danielle, i found out that i might have the virus, but a haven´t taken the test yet because the doctor said the results may not be accurate.. i feel so sad, i don´t know if somebody would love me and accept me again.. i´m so scared
Leeny I understand your sadness, I got the virus from a mate of 14 years, and I thought my life was over. I’m coming out of my depression over it, but I’m fearful that I’llhave to live a lonely life with out a lover or someone to share life with
I just recently found out that I have Herpes, and honestly it hurts mentally because I don’t know where to go from here with my love life. As a man who wants to have children, I’m not sure if that will ever happen or who would even want to be with me knowing what I have. One thing I do know is that I’m strong and that life is not over. Hopefully one day I may find someone that can accept me for me and be able to have a good future with that person, but only time and faith will tell.
I get a small patch on the back of my thigh, A couple days befor the out break i get muscle pain in my leg ( it only happens when i overexert myself) I got it right after i had back surgery so im thinkin i didnt get it from someone. A doctor told me it could be because i had chicken pox when i was a kid, supposedly the virus goes dormant but can come back when your body has some thing traumatic happen. Anyways if i let my leg rest when i feel the muscle pain coming than i usually dont have an out break, but sometimes i cant rest due to working two jobs. hope this info helps and i hope someone finds a cure soon
I havent gotten my culture or bloodwork but from what I have read here and other places, I’m pretty sure I have herpes 2 and I want to die. I didn’t need this on top of anything else, its like I’m being punished just for sake of being punished. I know who I got it from and he refuses to get tested because “he’s not a dirty person” All I can think is how much I wish I can have back the day I met him. Hell I don’t want to date, I never,ever want someone to deal with what I have. Sorry for venting Good luck to everyone else.
I agree with Naomi. I was infected one year ago. I also feel punished to let myself go only once in 6 years! I had a protected relation but the condom did not prevent the virus to infect. I feel attacked every day by this virus which destroyed all my life. I plunged in a deep depression. I cry every day, I tremble, I have difficulty in breathe. I asked for helps near 14 indifferent doctors who swept me all of the reverse of the hand. The truth is that the government will never help research to find a cure against this disease. And worse still, this cure probably exists. But the market of the disease is much more advantageous. In spite of this of one of known as, it is impossible to have a normal life. Nobody wants to hear our suffering. One condemns us to be stigmatized and to suffer. It is said to us that we will have this disease until the the end of our life. One year later, the only idea which comforts to me is that I have at least the means of choosing the day of the end of my life. I will not live an unhappy existence in the suffering and loneliness only to financially support the pharmaceutical market by spending 1500$ per year for the antiviral ones. I do not deserve this fate. I am a good person who ever hurt the others. IT is necessary that its disease names cancer for getting helped. Herpes, is synonymous with shame, dirtiness and defect. Someone can one explain why one more seeks a cure for the hsv-1 than for the hsv-2??? Is there such an urgency to look after cold soar? I will not be there any more to know the silly answer.
I have just had a test for this, i will know friday if it is Herpes, i’m so worried, i was seperated from my hubby and we had been trying to conceive for like 8 years, so naturally after we split i met someone and was trying to have a baby again, then this happens, unfortunately my hubby and i have been sleeping together since then and now he will have it too, i’m so ashamed but i also think it sucks, all i wanted to do was have a family and we get this. I’m glad to see there are other peole out there that want kids too and have this virus, it shows that i might still be able to have my family after all. thanks guys and hope everyone feels better.
Just found out about a week or so ago i got infected. Ive known this girl for over 6 years on and off and this pretty much killed it. i hate this thing there really needs to be a cure, even with protection you can still get it. Not to mention certain people that do have it don’t tell the other person and you’re done. i told who would of been my future wife and game over. no idea what to do now.
I’m 17 years old…being persuaded by the tv commercials I decided to go get tested for everything…happy and uneased that I was negative from everything but herpes…was told that the virus had significant amounts found in my blood test but that it was to earlier to determine which type. I got my results a week before my highschool prom and graduation and lost my virginity to one person and have only been with this person for the past 3 years. Starting to believe it’s the type one which more then likely given to me through oral being performed on me or me kissing him. I’m 17 and I’m pretty sure he wasn’t destined to be with me forever but who would want to now..!?! Cure should be found…too servere of a punishment for a mistake millions make at a young age
I was married for approximately 3 yrs before I found out . My husband concealed it from me that long(not to mention the other women before me).I was suspicious of a red bump on him so I called him out on it. He told me he was afraid if he did I wouldn’t have gotten with him. What a betrayal! After 10 yrs of marriage we are divorced. Beginning a whole new life is scary enough; I have not dated yet because of the Herpes. I get one liesion and it rarely happens but still reminds me of the fact that some day I might date again and that is going to be difficult to tell someone. There are dating sites I heard ,so that might be an option for us people with the disease!? All I know, is that making peace with the fact we have it, is going to be something we all need to do to accept that there is happiness and a sex life in our futures; with that also comes the responsibility to be honest always!!!! I may have not been treated with respect but, I am sure as heck going to treat others with respect and let there be choice! I think if we define ourselves by who we are and not having Herpes, we’ll have the strenght and courage to go for all our heats desire! Best wishes to all and happy thoughts for the future
I got it too. The hard part about this is you don’t have anyone to JUST talk to. I pray and cry and yes it hurts to know that people may look down on us if they knew. but now that we have it, please, don’t give up. the most exciting thing we can think about is how we’ll get through our every day lives (be creative and love oneself) and somehow, at the end of the day we’ll know that we weren’t so bad or… sick
YOU ARE NOT ALONE…sing <3
If anyone is getting outbreaks alot I would watch out for the link to type 1 diebetes.I beleive that how I got type 1 diebetes.Doctors cant say for sure, but thats what my heart tells me,so take your meds when you have an outbreak.
I’ve had it for about 2 months now. I feel pretty much the same emotionally and mentally since I got it. I haven’t talked to anyone about it, the only people i’ve told is my doctor and my brother. I pretty much don’t want to live anymore, but yet I’m still here. I’m 21 years old. I’ve had all the troubles in the world trying to meet a girl and having a relationship. I have been lonely for a really long time, so i’ve been extremely depressed. I went out one night to the bar…didnt meet anyone of course with the depression and lack of confidence. On the way driving home drunk…I picked up a hooker for the first time. The rest is history. I’ve been telling myself everyday since then, that I’m F&@#ing stupid and what a stupid thing I did. I hate my life. How am I going to meet anyone now????? Oh great here come the tears, so pathetic…
I’m just releived that I’m not going to die, I thought it was fatal. So I’m just going to live my life and be sucessful. So what about a few cold sores? I can beat it and I wont let it ruin my life.
Bryce, don’t be too hard on yourself. I was engaged to a beautiful woman who cheated on me, contracted the illness, found out she had it, and proceeded to give it to me. We all get lonely and it could be a hooker or the person next door or whatever. I have had the illness for 13 years and although it can be difficult at times to keep a positive attitude, you can still find love. I met another beautiful girl, who also had the illness, got married, and have a wonderful family. If you take the meds and take good care of yourself it really makes a difference. Also remember that at least 2 out of 5 people have this so you are not alone by any means. Good luck and try not to beat yourself up as you can have a positive effect on many lives in the future!
Hi. I am not sure how I got the virus. I wasn’t with many at all. I was naive. I saw some innocent looking bumps down there & showed my boyfriend. He incouraged me to see a doctor. I was shocked when I was told it was herpes. I told my boyfriend & screamed & bawled all the way home. He admited to me later that he had something on his penis, but didn’t tell me. I was stunned! I was very young. I am very healthy, so I try to keep my immunity up & take care of myself. I wanted a child & have had a very healthy & beautiful boy. It is not the end! My sister revealed to me that she has it & she told her husband. He does not have it, or does not have out-breaks & he loves her no matter what! The are very very happy together & successful. YOU CAN BE TOO!