Reply To: Valacyclovir Options

[viking100]

Hi Terri,

You asked how I was diagnosed with HSV 2 (which I answered). What were you thinking? Should I do some other kind of test?

You said that shedding in men normally occurs from the shaft of the penis or anus because of very thin skin, regardless of the location of the blisters. I assume that shedding or transmission occurs from the blisters when they are present during an outbreak? Also, in the absence of an outbreak, how do we know that shedding occurs mostly from the shaft of the penis or anus? Is this an assumption because the skin is thinner or can this be measured? If there are any studies or analyses of this, I would love to review them. Can you direct me to them?

Thanks.