Would herpes treatment cause signs or outbreaks of herpes? ‎

by Caroline
(North Carolina)

I have been tested and was told that I have been exposed to herpes. I found out about 4 months ago, but I have never had a break out. If I was to purchase and use Lectroject would it cause me to have breakouts?

Answer
Once exposed, up to 60% of people who have genital HSV show no signs of the disease and are unaware that they are infected, but are capable of transmitting the virus to others (asymptomatic carriers).

An outbreak takes place when the virus replicates in the nerve ganglia and particles of virus travel along the nerve to the site of primary infection in the skin or mucous membranes (inner, moist lining of the mouth, vagina etc).

The problem with Herpes is that it hides dormant in your nerve areas (neural ganglia) in the spine where conventional oral drugs like Zovirax / Valtrex can not reach it.

The idea is to flush out the virus into the open or "wake up", the dormant herpes virus and then kill it. Learn more about it here

We recently discovered that Acyclovir administered through the Lectroject treatment system is capable to reach and flush out (wake up) the herpes virus from hiding. Which is actually a good thing because now the medication can kill off the virus. Any outbreaks should be mild and of short duration.

So, it is not impossible to have an outbreak or signs.