Research holds promise for herpes vaccine

Hello,
I was diagnosed with HSV-2 almost 2 years ago. It was devasting, and being since I have never had any symptoms, I was very confused. I have only slept with one person three times, using protection. I ahve performed oral sex on less than five men; however, I really do not feel that I received the disease from them. A few weeks ago, I got a call from a friend in California who said that her doctor refused to test her for HSV-2 because she has previously had mono. He went on to say that the test, oftentimes, confuse the two viruses. She called me because I had severe mono for two years when I was younger!

I am wondering if I really have HSV-2 or not....I can't get a crystallized answer, and I have only ever had a single bump come up- that could be anything theoretically.

Can someone help me with this? Surely, if I really had the virus, I would have had an outbreak. My poor immune system has been down and out. I did not even get a single bump when I contracted Typhoid Fever in Africa....or when I had the flu....or when I was completely bombarded with stress from school work..

Help!

So... the vaccine would be amazing... what would that mean for people already infected? a cure?

I was in a wonderful relationship for over a year we were talking about marriage. Then it happened. I thought I had an ingrown hair. I even showed her. I had know idea it was my first outbreak it was one red spot. A few weeks later she had a full out break. She kept accusing me of cheating. She said I was a nasty filthy diseased person. She kept having massive outbreaks . She hates me and tells everyone I'm a nasty bastard. I understand I gave them to her but I promise I had no idea I had them. Even when I thought it was an infected hair I knew I was faithful and I was sure she was. I want to thank everyone who has comminted before me. I realize I am not disgusting I realize there was a way I could have had it and not known it

Herpes may be the sole cause of alzheimer's disease. We need a cure.

I am from Europe and been to the USA many times. Your health system is based on theft not on helping or curing people. What they charge you for medicine we almost get for free overhere.(Austria)

Healthcare in Europe on average works likes this:

Private: You pay around 80-120 Euro a month and you are covered for everything the doctor does to you. From X-Rays to operations.Its all included.Any accidents etc.
Employed: The healthcare plan is substracted from your income and you are totally covered.Same price more or less. Same coverage.

If you are a poor without an income you apply for the emergency funding and you get enough money to afford food and your health care plan is for free. You need however to apply for this,get registered and attend seminars where they will try to find you a suitable work but you are definitely covered and don't pay for the doctor.

I believe in Barack Obama, he is the first president in almost American History that makes sense to me. Your former presidents were crooks and thieves on an epic level...

I'm from the UK and when I hear what type of antivirals you use (Valtrex), I have never heard of it. You say it doesn't work. I use Aciclovir and you take 5 tablets a day for 5 days but it goes within the first 2 days its great. I also see where you say they will never find a cure because you have to pay for Valtrex and thats where they will get money, but in the UK we don't have to pay for any prescriptions that are to do with sexual transmitted diseases and contraception.

So don't put it out of peoples minds that they won't ever find a cure. Its something that I look fowards too at least.

And I also find that when itching starts I use any type of cream with Lidocaine. It numbs the area and really helps for women when they have to relieve themselves on the toilet. Off course you need to make sure with your doctor using this.

It is really hard to have this virus. We just need more information about this and just abit of hope

I saw the video posted here on December 7, about the probability of already existing 2 vaccines for herpes.
If this is true, then something should be done.
I'll post here the link for that video again, so that more people see it and maybe give us some information about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71FWd42iKYw

you are assuming those two statistics are mutually exclusive. They aren't. About 10% of people who have HSV1 also have HSV2. Not because they were irresponsible, or didn't care, or because one "mutated into the other" (impossible), but because these things happen. They might be similar, but they are two different viruses. and we can all have more than one at a time.

Most people would be devastated to know if they've ever had a wart on their finger and later tested for HPV (genital warts) it would come back positive. instantly making them think they have warts down there. Get real.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ ............Lets all contact the president so he can put some pressure on real research for a cure......they cant ignore all of us...i already emailed them..i will be doing it once a day

Believe it or not! You and I have the same situation in common. I was married 18 years before I seperated from my husband. I thought we were going to try to repair our marrige and we had sex. He never wanted to repair the marriage but he wanted to hurt me and said to me you have seen my nice side and you will soon see my wicked side! About a month later I started having symptoms. That was three years ago. I have not told a single soul! not one soul. No body! It has never left my mouth. I walk around with so much pain and hurt in my heart. I too have met some one, I am so deeply in love with him he's some one I use to see before I met my husband. He and I have never had sex, in the past or even this time. I am old fasion as well and don't beleive in premarital sex. we are boh in love with each other. I know I will have to tell him sooner then I want to. I wish I would never have to have this conversation. What give me hope is the valtrex commercial. It give me hope when I see the couples. One says I have genital herpies and the orher onse says and I still don't. That give me hope, that when I am force to tell him, I could share with him that we can have a sexual relationship and he dont have to contract the virus if we are carful. That is if he is willing to take the chance. I will add you in my paryers always.

Do you have herpes or are you just offering your own oppinion? And if you do have them have you been healed by your prayer?

I'm planning to put up a site for funding for research to cure these diseases.

Jus wait...

And pray for me.

Hi,

I am real sorry that you are only sixteen and have this trouble.

I've had the same trouble for 16 years! But it's really not an issue anymore.

In almost everybody, as time goes by, this disease becomes less of a problem. You will have fewer and fewer outbreaks until they basically stop happening. Our bodies are amazing things, and you will not always have outbreaks like you do now..

For now, you can probably see a big difference by taking 2000mg. of L-Lysine every day until it stops/slows down. You should expect to see good results gradually over a period of six months or less.

You MUST keep your immune system strong to keep your disease under control. Try not to drink much alcohol, and DO NOT take any recreational drugs. Eat healthy, vitamins, sleep etc.. Google anti-viral foods like shitake mushrooms, EV coconut oil etc...

Use this time to re-examine your attitudes about sex and morality. Grow your spirit while your body heals itself. Talk to others and learn all that you can about the disease. Try to relax and accept this thing for what it really is...a nuisance. Stress makes it worse.

You are going to get past this thing...I promise. You are so young. Life is so much more than having sex ! And who knows if tomorrow is the day someone finds the cure.

Best regards,

Mario

I feel the same way....if you ever come in contact with this reply, i would like to chat, i feel hopeless as well..

perhaps we can give each other support on how to deal with this...at times i feel suicidal.
Not to be cocky, im a good looking guy, a great personality, and great to get along with, and never had any trouble finding someone..but just the thought of going from someone like that to someone whos even afraid to even start talking to someone is horrible.

In short words, i feel like my life is over. Im young, and ironically i never got it by having sex with anyone, not even oral sex. Instead i kissed a guy who didnt bother teling me anything that he had oral herpes, and he gave me a handjob with complete clothes on, which apparently his hands were also infected with perhaps his suliva.

God only knows how much hate i have towards him. I wish every day that he gets his karma.

If anyone would like a friend more than anything, those willing to chat, all are welcome to message me or email me at
camerafamous@gmail.com

Whenever I feel that slight twinge down under I immediately pour peroxide on the spot, sit a few moments, dry the area and put neosporin for pain on the area. After I pee thru out the day I reapply the neosporin. At night I wear really loose shorts so that it has time to get air and not be constantly moist.. after about 3 days the tingles go away and a blister doesn't appear.

by practicing yoga and taking gud diet , u can live long time with this virus, think that u r not alone in this world. vl hope for a gud day that can help millions from this virus. vl pray silently.

you should ask your doctor to write you a prescription for: Nystatin and Triamcinolone Acetonide (Oitment) USP 60MG. Is a great cream and you use a little in the itch area. Works very well. I took Valtrex for voer a year and am taking another medicine now for over 6 months and nothing works. Every month I suffer with the same unconfortable itchy. My ex gave me this crap and I did not know the bastard had herps. I was with him for over two years and did not know that the itching spots was herps. My doctors also all failed me. I complained about it so many times and they told me " it was nothing, i do not see anything" until I changed doctors and he gave me a blood test and there was, positive. This is so awful. It totally ruined my life and I do not date anymore, since I can not go a single month without breakouts and also I do not know when if I am ever safe to even think of having sex with a person. The last thing I need to to give this awful thing to another person.
Anyways, get yourself this cream(not generic) one and you will feel better in 30 minutes after.

Just on the HIV comment... I know someone that is a Harvard grad that did research for a couple years no not on HIV. I asked her about it and she said because the virus mutates all the time, it will be hard to find a cure. Think of it as the flu. We have all these vaccinations but people still get it when they take the vaccination. The flu vaccination is just an educated guess as to what flu will come out that year. I have personally had the flu after getting the vaccination. Herpes should be easyer to cure though, it may be dormant, but it does not mutate like HIV. Hope I would clear that up for you. Oh and a little comment on statistics lol. I was worried about herpes and all, think of it this way... 100% of people have herpes!!! So its 60%-80% have HSV-1... 20% have HSV-2. That is 80%-100%... Chicken pox, shingles/ zoster gets the rest of us lol. Its everywhere, everyone has it...

I tried the broccoli once a day and I am also taking 2 1000mg of lysine once a day and I don't have any outbreaks. The only time I notice symptoms of an outbreak is the day after me and my husband had rough sex, but I read that trama to the area could trigger an outbreak, but as soon as I noticed symptoms I took 3 1000mg of lysine instead of 2 and my symptoms went away. And I also eat and drink alot of dairy products because they are also high in lysine, and they are very good to-- trust me IT WORKS!!!!!!!! A bottle of lysine is about $10 at any GNC but you have to take 1250mg or more a day for it to work!!!!!

And I forgot to ask how much do you eat a day or does it matter!!!!

and this if from 2003.....you will prevent many things and the chemical in Broccoli thwarts off herpes.....please spread the word everyone on other sites because not many people know this!
webmd.com/genital-herpes/news/20030915/broccoli-may-thwart-herpes-virus

While everyone is worried about the funding for a cure why don't we start the funds our self if everyone that is infected could make some contribution to the funding of the cure for herpes we may be able to start research as soon as funds are availiable. Im no expert on finding a cure but it seems like the shortage on funds is the base of the problem. Their must be sum way all herpes victims could start a fund and be able to use it only towards the research for the cure of herpes. I know its not much but its a start does anyone agree, disagree, or know how we could get started on this. Because if science can't get started on it fast enough, why not take action ourselves.

I will share what has worked for me to suppress the outbreaks. This is after years and years of out breaks and trying what I am sure is what everyone else has tried by searching the web. From oxygenated liquid , MSO, red marine algae....etc.
I use 91% rubbing alcohol Walgreens brand and 1000 MG tablets of L-Lysine Nature Made brand
It must be 91% !!!! NOT 70% Isopropyl.
Also must be Nature made 1000mg L-Lysine tablets.
Both are available at your local Walgreens and are inexpensive.
I wash genitals morning and evening.
If you have a current outbreak put on cotton ball and keep it on the out break.
When I started this and stopped the last outbreak I had. I took 2000mg L-Lysine morning, 1000mg noon and 2000Mg evening. Until it was gone. Now once a week I might take 2000mg. this has also kept me from getting any cold or flu this winter.
I am male 5’11 200lbs and athletic build. That is what I have found works for my body type. I hope this helps some one. it can be frustrating.

Oral and Genital Herpes are in the same family (Herpesviridae) as Mononucleosis, Chicken Pox, Epstein-Barr and Shingles. Anybody on this list not had at least one of these diseases in their lifetime? I think researchers should be giving a little more attention to the spread of this virus type.