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oral herpes

have you ever had oral herpes ?

  • yes

    Votes: 6 46.2%

  • no

    Votes: 7 53.8%

  • no but l would like to have

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • l would kill myseld if l had

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    13
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yes,love your herpes
 
No, I haven't, and hopefully, never will. It stings like a sonuvabitch from what I understand.
 
Arent oral herepes cold sores? Well yea I have had them and they are a bitch...
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Arent oral herepes cold sores? Well yea I have had them and they are a bitch...
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Dh used to get them from time to time, and he found that using just a tiny bit of zovirax ointment on them when you first feel them coming on (before you can even see them, but you feel the sting), greatly reduced the healing time. He just used a tiny amount on the end of a toothpick, and put it on there a couple of times a day. It really did help- both with the pain and severity, and the time for it to resolve. You might want to see if your doc will give you an rx for it.
 
Are we talking about oral herpes as an STD or generic herpes simplex 1 (which nearly everyone has)?
 
Herp the derp... or is it derp the herp? :shrug:

And, no. I never had herpes, oral or otherwise. Lucky I guess.
 
Superfly said:
I thought that all cold sores were a form of oral herpes. That's what I was told by a doctor, anyway.
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There are other viruses that cause cold sores, and many aren't communicable.
 
Superfly said:
I thought that all cold sores were a form of oral herpes. That's what I was told by a doctor, anyway.
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Yes, Herpes Simplex I and II, and the "cold sore" one can be transmitted unintentionally to a partner who will develop genital herpes, the "gift that keeps on giving."

It's all about the chicken pox virus before you were ten (?), and this also causes shingles.
 
lizzie said:
Dh used to get them from time to time, and he found that using just a tiny bit of zovirax ointment on them when you first feel them coming on (before you can even see them, but you feel the sting), greatly reduced the healing time. He just used a tiny amount on the end of a toothpick, and put it on there a couple of times a day. It really did help- both with the pain and severity, and the time for it to resolve. You might want to see if your doc will give you an rx for it.
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I really dont get them that much. Maybe like 3 times a year. Other than that really never get em. But thanks for the tip!
 
TheDemSocialist said:
I really dont get them that much. Maybe like 3 times a year. Other than that really never get em. But thanks for the tip!
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Three times a year is a LOT. If I was getting them that often, I definitely treat them more aggressively.
 
lizzie said:
Three times a year is a LOT. If I was getting them that often, I definitely treat them more aggressively.
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Ive talked to my doctor. 3 is nothing....
 
TheDemSocialist said:
I really dont get them that much. Maybe like 3 times a year. Other than that really never get em. But thanks for the tip!
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Hmmm. DH normally never had a fever blister more than once per year, sometimes less. I guess he was the exception to the rule. I know they hurt like hell, which was why he always treated the prodromal stage, to prevent it actually forming the blister.
 
Yes, I have it and I currently have it.

I use toothpaste or something called "aciclovir" to get rid of it. It usually lasts 3 days but I had this one time where it lasted almost an entire week.

lizzie said:
Three times a year is a LOT. If I was getting them that often, I definitely treat them more aggressively.
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I had it about 5 times this year.

My doctor said to avoid stress, yeah, like that's gonna happen anytime soon.
 
Rainman05 said:
Yes, I have it and I currently have it.

I use toothpaste or something called "aciclovir" to get rid of it. It usually lasts 3 days but I had this one time where it lasted almost an entire week.



I had it about 5 times this year.

My doctor said to avoid stress, yeah, like that's gonna happen anytime soon.
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mint fresh toothpaste, use it.
 
Superfly said:
I thought that all cold sores were a form of oral herpes. That's what I was told by a doctor, anyway.
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yep, that's simplex 1.

and nope, i haven't had it. it looks like it really sucks. we need better antiviral drugs.
 
I have it in my left eye. Have had for 30 years. Rarely have trouble with it now. Although I am legally blind in my left eye as a result of the scar tissue it has left me with. Many people end up getting corneal transplants as a result. My sister has had 3.

It's very painful when active. A foreign body sensation, watering, blurry vision, photo sensitivity and pain.

When I was in college I bent over to pet a friend's lab. He reached out his paw and scratched my eye. That's how I got it.

Anyway, I have had my left eye scrapped with a razor blade at least 15 times. They use liquid cocaine to numb you. Always wanted to steal a bottle of it. ha ha When active the herpes creates ulcerations on the epithelium (outer layer of the cornea) When they heal scar tissue forms. The surface of the eye is very smooth. When imperfections occur, the eye lid blinking will scrape off the scar tissue starting a vicious cycle of growth and regrowth.

The Dr's scrape off the scar tissue, then have you wear a prophylactic contact lens until it heals.

****ed up deal. And before someone asks, no I did not get shot in the eye or ****ed in the eye. :lamo
 
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I've never had any symptoms of it, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm not a carrier. I'd be surprised if I wasn't.
 
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