HSV-
Type-I
Igg - positive
Igm- Negative
Type-II
Igg - Negative
Igm - Negative
I had blister in my genital and anus. I am
taking acyclovir (Virux).
The dose is 2 + 0 + 2. Alrady I have taken the
medicine for 45 days. My doctor has suggested me
to take medicine for 02 months.
Previously I took the medicine for 3 months. The
dose was 1 + 0 + 1.
How many days, I will survive ?
Should I take any other medicine ?
What should be the safest way to have one more
baby ?
I am married and using condom while doing sex
with my wife.
I have one daughter.
Please reply me.
Regard
Zav...
From: Zav....@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:51 AM
To: drgian@stdweb.com
Subject: Request Information about HSV
Dear
Dr.Gian,
I am zav...from Bangladesh. I am suffering from
HSV.
I have tested my blood and found the following:
Hi Zav
What you indicate with your testing results is a
Herpes virus type
one infection which has occurred "sometime ago"
and has its memory signs
in the presence of antibodies. A not uncommon
situation since 70-80% of
people have this type of virus.
Type one is not so aggressive and becomes an
issue only when it addresses
the genital area and its relation to sexual
activity. If one keeps him/herself
in good shape may not require suppressive
therapy on a daily basis. But you need
to help your immune system with good
nutrition,exercise and peace of mind.
Acyclovir is a good medication and has a long
track record. But it is a drug.
Use it sparingly. Become more keen in noticing
the signs and
symptoms (pre-dromal symptoms) which precede a
flare up.
Handle ruthlessly whatever stressful situation
is occurring.
You will be surprised how many attacks can be
aborted that way.
And if you need to use Acyclovir use it no more
than ten days.
Do not rely exclusively on Acyclovir. It seems
to me you are
on a suppressive therapy program. Try to use it
on per need basis
and put yourself to work instead.
How many days will you survive?
You can have a long life, my friend, with Herpes
as your companion.
A very long life. You are taking the right
medicine for Herpes and do not need other.
Instead look also for alternatives.
Have your wife tested not only with blood test
but also with recurrent vaginal
and cervical Herpes cultures. In case of active
infection at time of delivery she
could be recommended to deliver with C-section.
Buy this book "Managing Herpes: How to Live and
Love with a Chronic STD" by
Charles Ebel and Anna Wald...and remember that
you can have a normal and good life even if you
have Herpes.
Be well
Dr. Gian Date: 05/23/04
01:54:26
To: drgian@stdweb.com
Subject: RE: Request Information about HSV
Dear Sir,
My regards to you. I was expecting one e-mail
from you today.
Unfortunately, I have not received one.
However sir, in my last e-mail I forgot to ask
you one important thing.
I am also facing the following problems :
1. I feel burning sensation in my fingers .
Specially, I feel burning sensation in the
middle fingers of both the hands.
2. I also feel burning sensation in the thumb
fingers of my both the legs and some times
inside the nail.
3. Some times I do feel burning sensation in my
palm and in my both the feet.
4. I do feel pain in my both the ankle.
Specially in my right ankle ( Inner side).
5. Some times, I do feel pain in my shoulders
and under the arm pit.
6. I also feel pain in my thigh ( inner side).
7. Now a days there are not that much of blister
in the genital areas, but still I am feeling
burning sensation.
Sir, I do need your help BADLY. Please KINDLY
let me as to why I am facing the above mentioned
problems.
Best regards -
Zav I
have already responded to your previous email,
Zav . I read you additional symptoms
and I am starting to perceive the friendly
ghosts which almost always accompany
sexually transmitted disease: GUILT, ANXIETY and
RESENTMENT. Could it be this is why you are
facing these problems?
The STD's world is universally full of goblins
and ghosts, may be because of our lost innocence
and authenticity.
Other animals do no seem to suffer so much as we
do in this area of diseases. However we can
talk.
So let's use it. Talk and talk some more. Find a
local good listener and let it all hang out.
See your doctor and see if he/she may want to
help you with additional medicines and/or tests.
I doubt your additional symptoms have anything
to do with a Herpes infection.
Be well.
Dr. Gian
From:
A--------elli@aol.com
To: webmaster@stdweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:01
PM
Subject: Herpes
Dr.
I was recently diagnosed with atypia and
they want me to have a colposcopy
my doctor said I have herpes and was
wondering if they would have known this
earlier from a pap smear report? Like
last year when I was in. Do they check
for STD's and such at that time? I want
to tell my ex partner about this so that
he can be aware and not spread it to
someone else. Wanting to do the right
thing!
Hi,
The PAP test looks for normal, abnormal
(cancer) and "iffy" kind of cells.
This last group are called Dysplastic
cells or atypical cells. They are cells
which are not normal but not definitely
cancerous. Remember, the PAP test is not
a test for STD infections but a screen
for cancer. Doctors do not check for STD
unless you have symptoms or first
something is wrong with the PAP or you
make
a specific request for them. Many
studies and my personal medical
experience indicate
that when the result of the PAP test
shows dysplasia or atypical cells
something is going
on in the department of INFLAMMATION of
the vaginal and cervical walls. What
kind of inflammation.
Well, many kind, but the one that seems
predominant is inflammation due to
VIRUSES. What kind of viruses?
Numero uno = Human Papilloma Virus, a
family of 18 viruses which causes
genital warts.
Herpes viruses follows in line with a
reduced incidence but with its
inflammatory properties
in the cervical area. So when the PAP is
not normal ask your Doctor to do a
"cervical herpes
and a cervical Papilloma check". When
the suspicion is very high Docs do a
PAPsure procedure
with vinegar swabs and special
chemiluminescent tiny light bulbs and
later a colposcopy
and biopsy looking for a diagnosis and a
"staging" of cancer. What else. Nothing.
If you biopsy is OK,. repeat the PAP
every 6 months 6-8-times and it may come
back to normal
and resume the yearly schedule. Dr.
Gian's rule number one: Do not ever
forget that
an infection is not just an agent doing
it to you but is a TRANSACTION between a
bacterium or virus
and your immune system modulation.. So
let the Doctors do their job but
you participate doing the "right thing"
such as good nutrition, exercise
and most of all....peace of mind. Get
busy in these 3 areas and your life
experience and behavior will change.
My
regards,
Dr. Gian
From: Ma--------ch
To: webmaster@stdweb.com
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003
4:51 AM
I
JUST HAVE TO ASK IVE HAD THIS
RED RASH AROUND MY GENITAL AREA
BETWEEN MY RECTUM AND MY VAGINA
IVE BEEN TO THE DR AND ASKED
THEM
IF THEY IT WAS HERPES AND THEY
SAID NO BECAUSE THEY SAID I
WOULD
HAVE LESIONS AND BE IN A LOT OF
PAIN AND WOULD HAVE BLISTERS.
I GET REAL RED DOWN IN THE
VAGINAL AREA BUT THAT IS IT.IVE
BEEN WITH BOYFRIEND
FOR 2 YEARS AND I HAVENT BEEN
WITH ANYONE SINCE WEVE BEEN
TOGETHER
BUT I DID HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE
BEFORE I MET HIM MAYBE SIX
MONTHS
BEFORE AND THAT WAS IT.IVE BEEN
TREATED FOR YEAST INFECTION AND
BACTERIAL VAGNIOSIS.
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS THE
CAUSE BUT KNOW IM REALLY
CONCERNED
HE HAS SHOWED NO SIGNS OF
ANYTHING AND RIGHT NOW IM JUST
SCARED
TO SAY THE LEAST COULD THIS BE
SOMETHING NOT SO SERIOUS ARE
SHOULD I JUST ASK FOR THE HERPES
TEST TO BE CHECKED.
Hi scared,
were you checked for diabetes?
Is your blood sugar OK?
It sounds like a fungal (yeast)
dermatitis.
But you never know about Herpes.
It could be there underlying a
fungal infection.
Test for Herpes 1&2 "remote
exposure" and also see you OB-Gyn
and a dermatologist.
See what they think of an
antifungal cream and/or a short
cycle of an antiviral if you are
positive for Herpes.
If is a fungus there are good
medications but, remember,
both you and your partner need
to work on your diet and on your
intestinal bacterial flora
since that is the real source of
fungus and not the genitals.
Bacterial vaginosis is an
overgrowth of bacteria which
normally live in the vagina (Gardnerella
is the main guy!).
There again it sounds like "
dysbiosis", which is medicalese
for inability to live in
harmony with our friendly
bacteria which have been with us
for millions of years.
We have effective drugs for that
also, my dear, but rather than
using one bullet at a time,
it seems to me you have got to
take a systemic approach and
work this out from many angles
and.....don't forget the "stress
part" !
Greetings,
Dr. Gian
From:
Kathy
Sent: Wednesday,
September 22, 2004 7:51
PM
To: drgian@stdweb.com
Subject: herpes
Hi dr grian
I cant seem to pinpoint
an answer to this
question:
how long can herpes stay
dormant for before an
outbreak?
Ive heard that once you
are infected you will
usually have an outbreak
within 30 days.
Ive been with the same
partner -- only about 10
times of protected sex
and the rest oral -- for
2 and a half years.
He has not been with
anyone else, either….
What are the chances
that herpes has been
dormant in me
for over 2 and a half
years or longer
(sexually active for 6
years) and also,
that I have passed it to
my partner and it also
has been dormant in him
for these 2.5 years?
--helpme
Hi Kathy,
Picking up the virus and
have clinical
manifestations are to
separate things.
Why? Since the process
is a transaction between
the virus load and your
immune system
you can have a variety
of forms. So you can go
from nothing, or almost
nothing,
to the full “Herpes
show” such as general
malaise, lymph node
enlargement, fever,
tingling sensation and
redness,
small blisters which
later open and leave wet
ulcers which end up
hardening out, crusting
out and disappear.
There are however
situations where the
process may reaches the
first, second or third
stage and then withdraw
and stop and you may end
up having only some
tingling sensations or
the appearance of a red
area,
or only of a blister
that once it is formed
shrinks, heals and
disappear.
In all this variety of
manifestations the
modulation of your
immune system is very
important and,
of course, how much
participation you
contribute to the show
with scratching,
pinching, breaking,
squeezing and so on.
Now, the virus likes the
epithelial cells just
below the waxy part of
the skin and once
replicating there needs
to survive
and has learned how to
travel and hide. It has
learned how to use the
nerve pathway and
travels along those
nerves
which supply the
infected area until it
reaches and hides within
a hub called “ganglion”.
There in the ganglion it
may remain sleeping
{latent stage} and never
appear for the rest of
your life or
it may travel back to
the epithelial cells of
the skin and fire up
again. Some people, not
many,
may even have monthly
break outs!!!! Two
factors seem to make a
difference: 1) the vigor
of your
immune system and 2)
whether or not you are
taking the medications
available for this
condition.
What are the chances
that the virus has been
dormant in you? I can’t
answer since you do not
say
to have had a primary
infection and since I do
not yet make
predictions!!!.
But you and your partner
can be tested and find
out whether or not you
have been infected.
Hope this helps.
Dr. Gian
From: Anonymous@aol.com
Date:Monday,
December 08,
2003 1:37:11 AM
To: drgian@stdweb.comSubject:
Re: Herpes
Dear Dr Gian,
I am sorry for
the email I sent
earlier and am
gratefull for
the information.
I've been pretty
frustrated with
this whole
business lately
not to mention
hurt.
I am not given
to having many
partners or
engaging in
casual sex.
Before being
intimate with
this girl I
dated her for a
while and when
it came time to
be intimate
I sat down with
her to discuss
any relevant
health concerns.
When she brought
this up later it
was
a real slap in
the face. I went
to the doctor
promptly all I
got was an
appointment card
after
hours of waiting
without even an
explantation as
to what I might
be looking at.
I educated
myself as best I
could on Herpes,
I learned about
asymptomatic
viral shedding
and the virus's
cycle.
I guess you're
right, it
doesn't matter.
In the end you
get what you get
but I have an
inclination for
numbers.
That whole thing
about how
numbers can lie
is nonesense.
People lie.
Numbers only
show what is
there to be
seen. So anyhow
as you might
figure since I
am confortable
with numbers I
felt more
confortable
knowing the
odds. I checked
some stuff with
the cdc and they
pretty much said
the same thing
you just did.
There actually
aren't really
any solid
figures on
infections from
asymptomatic
viral shedding.
Anyhow I guess
that's why I
wanted to know.
I tried
e-mailing you
and several
other sites for
info and I guess
after a week of
no answers I
started firing
off emails. I
know nothing
about your job.
I had no right.
Take care doc.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Thanks for your
note. Glad to
see you more
relaxed about
the whole thing.
This will do
good to your
immune system
and you
interactions
with the world
in general,
including
viruses. Get
tested and send
a copy of these
e-mails to your
partner.
Be
compassionate.
May be someone
lied to her also
and this
situation may
finally shift
all those
involved
in a new
behavior mode.
About
numbers.... I
was struck when
I was young in
school to find
out
that for long
time we humans
had only a
limited numbers
available to us
and we did not
even have a
"zero" until
someone invented
it somewhere in
India.
When asked to
describe the
"zero number" he
said : " IT IS
REALLY NOTHING".
Happy Holidays
Dr. Gian
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