September 19, 2014 at 3:55 pm #1389

Anonymous

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Hello Terri,

Thank you so much for your thorough and thoughtful reply. I want to assure you that the provider I mentioned was NOT at your clinic. It was a Planned Parenthood clinic which is why my anxiety shot up. I figured this individual knew what she was talking about and so I was afraid when she said we “should have” been using Valtrex and that Acyclovir “doesn’t do anything to protect” me. This was a nurse by the way…

Anyway, I have a couple brief follow up questions for you regarding your reply:

1-Since my boyfriend is very compliant with Acyclovir (he takes 400mg 1 time in the morning and 1 time in evening) AND we have ALWAYS used condoms, AND we are not intimate during outbreaks (he’s never had any) is the chance of transmission still around 3%-5% for me as I’ve seen referenced in some studies? **Even with the shaving? I will stop shaving now but I have to assume that some people in those studies shaved/waxed, right?

2-How accurate will the Igg blood test be for our most recent intimacy 8 weeks ago? I know 12 weeks is preferred but is it a fairly accurate picture?

3- I read somewhere that if a partner is on suppressive medication the likelihood that they will transmit the virus is only 50% and that if it does transmit the likelihood it will be asymptomatic is 75% is that true? That seems conflicting with what I have read several other times about male-female transmission which I mentioned above.

4) The nurse at PP said the numerical values on the Igg test mean “NOTHING” Is that true? The initial clinician had said from the numerical values it looked as if he had been infected for many years. Could this be an accurate assumption? If so, is this a protective factor for me?

Again, thanks so much Terri…

All the best to you and thank you so much for your helpful knowledge and devotion to this field.