HERPES

Sex is Painful

26 April, 2014

Dear Dr. Rob: I am a happily married 31 year old and my husband and I were recently diagnosed with herpes. Sex for me lately is VERY painful. Is this a side effect of herpes?????   Dr. Rob’s Response: Dear Poster with Painful Sex: Other than during an act of outbreak, sex should not be […]

Famvir Script

Dear Dr. Rob: I need to know if a form of herpes can affect the inside of my penis as blister like sores have been breaking out since last July. I have been to the health dept and been tested negative for any STDs, but they gave me a prescription for Famvir. I’m at a […]

Chickenpox is not Herpes Simplex 2

Dear Dr. Rob: Can a false positive Herpes Simplex 2 be caused y having had chickenpox as a child? I have not had any physical symptoms of genital herpes. Dr. Rob’s Response: Dear Poster Inquiring About Chickenpox: No, Herpes Type 2 cannot be caused by having chickenpox as a child.  When chickenpox recurs it is called shingles […]

Burning in Lip

Dear Dr. Rob: I drank from some one else’s straw and a couple hours later I felt a little burning in my upper lip above my teeth, is that a sign of herpes or could it just be a pimple of some sort. The area is red and has like a white blistery center. I […]

Test for IgM and IgG

Dear Dr. Rob: I’ve been in a monogamous relationship for 2+ years. I recently had a first episode of very painful lesions. A culture determined I had contracted herpes. My doctor said that for those who do suffer the symptoms of herpes will experience them within 7-10 days after infection. Is this true? Is it […]

Herpes is Forever

Dear Dr. Rob: I fear that I might have herpes but some of the symptoms just don’t add up. I haven’t had sex in nearly a year and I’ve never had unprotected sex. I received oral sex but it was well outside of the “2-20 days” timeframe that the first blister is supposed to appear […]

Asymptomatic

Dear Dr. Rob: I recently found out I had Herpes Simplex 2. This was quite a surprise to me, because I have not really had any outbreaks. About a year ago, I had something that looked like an ingrown hair on the lower shaft of my penis. I went to the doctor at the time […]

Fungal Infection or Herpes

Dear Dr. Rob: I’ve been married for 3 years and with the same man for 8 years, we have a 3 year old son. Last August, the hottest day of the year, I was out walking and was very itchy. I had a slight tingling sensation later on that night, and looked down to find […]

Positive Herpes Type 1

Dear Dr. Rob: I had sex without protection with my ex boy friend four months ago. I noticed he had a bump on his penis. Since then, I have a burning sensation between my legs, body ache and fatigue, and these symptoms don’t go away; I thought about herpes. I am not under any medication […]

Herpes Gladitorium

Dear Dr. Rob: During my first year of college, I had oral sex with a friend of mine (he showed no symptoms of genital herpes). This happened twice and coincided with an extraordinarily stressful period in my life. About two weeks following the second bout of contact with the friend, I began to show symptoms […]