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pocket_watch 2 months ago

For me the appeal was not convenience, it was that there was no longer a bottle in the house. If daily tablets are a daily reminder or a privacy issue, that is a real benefit and worth saying out loud.

pocket_watch 2 months ago

The management is the same either way, which is the practically important part. Follow the interval they give you and the question of origin does not change what happens.

pocket_watch 2 months ago

Sampling also varies in how well it captures what is there. A poorly taken swab can miss an infection that is present, which is another reason a single negative does not override a positive.

pocket_watch 2 months ago

Which matters because the two have different follow up. Finish the tablet course properly even though the injection is already done, and take note that the retest timing may differ between them.

pocket_watch 3 months ago

It may well turn out to be unrelated, and that is a fine outcome. The cost of checking is one appointment and the cost of not checking is potentially permanent.

pocket_watch 3 months ago

Itching is an allergic response and it can take weeks to develop after first exposure. Plenty of people carry them for a while before any itch at all.

So no itch is not evidence of no lice, particularly early on.

pocket_watch 3 months ago

Taking it with food helps some people, and strongly flavoured things like mints or citrus make the taste more bearable. Small things but they got me through the week.

pocket_watch 3 months ago

Do not improvise with a product intended for external skin. That is the one genuinely risky move here and it is the one people are tempted into when a referral wait is long.

pocket_watch 3 months ago

Availability lags the guidance considerably. Specialist examination services are scarce in a lot of places, so asking what is actually accessible near you is the practical step.

pocket_watch 4 months ago

You can also answer the medication question honestly without a conversation. Listing what you take tells a clinician what they need to know, and most will simply note it.

pocket_watch 4 months ago

The proper treatments are cheap, available over the counter in most places, and take a few minutes. There is no reason to improvise.

pocket_watch 5 months ago

Worth adding that HSV-1 genitally tends to recur considerably less often than HSV-2, so which type you have shapes what curve you are on. Ask which you have if you do not know.

pocket_watch 5 months ago

Book the follow up now while you are still motivated. The relief of an early negative is exactly what stops people coming back, and then they find out months later.

pocket_watch 5 months ago

Worth a proper conversation about prevention rather than just treatment this time. Depending on your situation and where you are, doxycycline after sex is offered to some people specifically to reduce repeat bacterial infections.

pocket_watch 6 months ago

What I would resist is treating the lab result as evidence about the relationship, in either direction. It tells you an organism is present. It does not tell you when or from whom, and it cannot be made to.

pocket_watch 6 months ago

Ask your clinic whether they have a social worker or an advisor. Mine did and that appointment answered more in an hour than months of searching.

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