Birth Control And Coldsores? Posted: 04-25-06 13:01pm
Here seems like a good place to ask
this.
I've always gotten coldsores when
stressful situations come up, but very
rarely do I get them more than two or
three times a year. I get one, I wait,
it goes away.
I started my first year of college in the
fall and in october I started breaking out
with tons of coldsores, and i'm not even
joking, clusters of about 4 or 5,
different sections of my lip, for weeks at
a time. I would get them, they'd go
away, they'd immediately come back, they'd
go away, i'd get my period and my body
would be in an uproar -- poof they're
back!
In october I started on the birth control
yasmin, and i'm wondering --
has anyone else had something similiar?
My mom thinks it may have been from the
stress of college, but in all honesty, the
last couple months of high school I had
tried to end my life three times and was
much more stressed than ever before.
I also started becoming sexually active in
october, and the first outbreak of last
year during college was immediately after
I had given my first and only boyfriend
head.
At first I had worried maybe I contracted
something from him, like perhaps he was
shedding the virus, or hiv, but he's
completely clean and doesn't even have the
herpes or hiv virus in his body, one or
two (we both got checked).
I am wondering if the yasmin was to
blame.
Feedback would be much appreciated!
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xashleex
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Posted: 04-25-06 18:49pm
Ive never heard of nethang happening like
that but I know my mom has this problem w/
acid blister where she would too many
acidy stuff like fruit or tomatos and she
had it verified from a doctor thatt it was
to cause....But if u got checked out I
doubt its herpes but ive read that stress
, illnesness, can cause a herpe break out
but if u got checked out that wouldnt be
it...Maybe u should go check it out at the
doc n see if they can do something for u:)
ive never heard of nethang
happening like that but I know my mom has
this problem w/ acid blister where she
would too many acidy stuff like fruit or
tomatos and she had it verified from a
doctor thatt it was to cause....But if u
got checked out I doubt its herpes but ive
read that stress , illnesness, can cause
a herpe break out but if u got checked out
that wouldnt be it...Maybe u should go
check it out at the doc n see if they can
do something for
u:)
oh, I know for fact it's herpes, because
cold sores is the herpes virus (and
actually very oddly, part of the chicken
pox family as well! I found that
fascinating considering I never had the
chicken pox, and yet get so many herpes
outbreaks!)
thanks for the advice anyway.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 04-25-06 23:48pm
Yes coldsores are herpes... You can get
it from simply kissing a guy, and you may
have kissed another guy who had it..People
tend to get outbreaks during times of
stress because their immune systems
weaken..I have genital herpes, and take
daily suppressive therapy so I do not
outbreak.
yes coldsores are herpes...
You can get it from simply kissing a guy,
and you may have kissed another guy who
had it..People tend to get outbreaks
during times of stress because their
immune systems weaken..I have genital
herpes, and take daily suppressive therapy
so I do not
outbreak.
i know this, I received it from my mother
as a child I would assume; I was always
taking her drinks.
I took valtrex as a trial and it made me
very dizzy, but my main question was
has anyone noticed a connection between
birth control and coldsores? I'm fully
aware of what herpes are, I have just
about every single tidbit of information
reguarding the subject.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 04-26-06 18:10pm
Not as I know, and I am in the healthcare
field, I work at planned parenthood...
You know, valtrex made me dizzy too, but
I take zovirax instead which
doesn't..Zovirax is avaiable in lower
doses, so I think that helps.
not as I know, and I am in
the healthcare field, I work at planned
parenthood...
You know, valtrex made me dizzy too, but
I take zovirax instead which
doesn't..Zovirax is avaiable in lower
doses, so I think that
helps.
i take 3mg of ointment of zovirax; i'm in
training to become a medical doctor.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 04-26-06 22:02pm
:) yay the healthcare field is amazingly
fullfilling
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sh5nton
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Posted: 05-03-06 03:20am
I was kissed by a boy who had herpes when
I was 3, my mother was not happy having
warned the other parent to keep her child
away from me. Now whenever my immune
system is very low I get a gross scabby
sore under my nose. Yeap..Ewww. Zovirax
works if you can get it quick enough. My
question though, is if I contracted the
virus from a little boy am I just as
contagious as he was when I first got it
and got it for life, or do I have a lesser
strain. I do not want to give it to
someone for life. (ok, unless they were
mean and pretty) also how do you get rid
of the red scarring it leaves behind?
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Landailyn
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Posted: 05-04-06 18:28pm
Genital herpes and cold store herpes are
the exact same virus. Describing them as
1 or 2 or whatever is merely to
difirentiate where the sores appear.
Stress causes you to break out because
stress weakens your immune system, giving
the virus a chance to pop up because your
body can't fight it back down. Once you
get herpes, it bonds to your dna forever
and there is no cure. The best you can
do is boost your immune system to prevent
breakouts. Take echinacea tablets
regularly and exercise when you are under
a lot of stress, avoid sugar, and eat
healthy.
I have no idea whether the bc had anything
to do with it though.
genital herpes and cold
store herpes are the exact same virus.
Describing them as 1 or 2 or whatever is
merely to difirentiate where the sores
appear. Stress causes you to break out
because stress weakens your immune system,
giving the virus a chance to pop up
because your body can't fight it back
down. Once you get herpes, it bonds to
your dna forever and there is no cure.
The best you can do is boost your immune
system to prevent breakouts. Take
echinacea tablets regularly and exercise
when you are under a lot of stress, avoid
sugar, and eat healthy.
I have no idea whether the bc had anything
to do with it
though.
i know absolutely everything when it comes
to coldsores; I know about what to eat,
what vitamins to take, what amino acids to
limit into my body; but what I was curious
about is the birth control increased all
my emotions tenfold; stress, crying,
weight gain, suicidal thoughts, etc.
Considering coldsores are brought on by
these type of attitudes-- the stressing on
the body-- I was wondering if anyone had
more outbreaks while on it. Now that i'm
off it i've had less outbreaks.
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JameRoo430
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Posted: 05-12-08 12:01pm
Yes! I am taking a different type of oral
contraceptive but I have the same problem!
I think it depends on your body I don't
think it happens to everyone but I have
heard of others. My second year of
college I tried to go on the pill and the
same thing happened to me! Outbreak city!
I went off of them after a couple of
months, and recently tried again. The
same thing happened! It's not as bad this
time but if I ever forget and have to take
a double dose the next day I get a cold
sore or two without fail, EVERY time! And
sometimes in between. I am getting
married soon so I went off the pill again
because I don't want to have cold sores
for my wedding!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 05-13-08 14:15pm
LANDA- The type 1 and Type 2 are actually
unique in many ways!!
HSV 2, commonly referred to as Genital
herpes, lives in the bottom of the spine,
in the nerve cells.
HSV1 lives at the neck, in the nerve
cells.
HSV1 genitally is still 'genital herpes',
but we usually call it HSV1 genitally.
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