Reply To: Genital hsv 1

[Terri Warren]

Those could be herpes lesions, yes, but I’m not certain. Would you consider asking someone to do a PCR swab on these to find out if they are herpes? It is not unheard of to break through suppression, especially in the first six months, but they just aren’t clearly enough herpes for me to say so. It might be a good thing for you to have PCR swabs at home so that when something like this comes up, you could swab it yourself and drop the swab off at your provider’s office to be sent to the lab. Otherwise, it’s very hard to know for sure.

Terri