I am a male with symptomatic Genital Herpes. I am sexually active and am doing all I can to prevent the spread of the disease to my female partner. Do all these items work together. Before I know we are going to have the opportunity to have a possible sexual encounter, we do not live together so we are on a dating schedule, I am on acyclovir 200mg 3 x daily (for years), use hand sanitzer on my penis and leave it on till dry, then take a show with plenty of soap in the groin region one hour before we meet, and the use of nonlubricated Latex condoms. I never have sex during prodrone or an outbreak. Am I doing all I can or am I doing to much?
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10/23/08 11:06pm
It's good that you are using condoms, but you must also take Valtrex to protect her. You can wash all you want down there, but it will not kill a virus that has no cure and lives inside of your body.
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