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From: alfred on 4 May 2008 12:56
I was talking to someone the other day who also has genital herpes. She told
me that her outbreaks were extremely painful and the reason is because women
have MORE nerves in the genital area than men have. I don't know if I
believe that is true. What brought up this topic is that I told her when I
have an outbreak its mild, and usually includes no more than some itching or
pinching in one area and then in a few hours some red bumps that last a few
days and then go away. I'm a guy in case any of you are new out there and
don't know me. I am thinking that this is not the case in terms of severity.
I think its a case where some people have faster acting antibody response
which causes outbreaks to be more minor than others. Wouldnt that also stand
to reason because when I get a cold I usually have it no more than 3 days
compared to some people that are sick for a long time?

Al


From: MamaZ on 4 May 2008 23:12
It's very possible that you have HSV1 and the woman has HSV2 (which is
usually more severe when it breaks out).
Just my opinion, though. It's also possible that you both have the same
type herpes but your immune systems are (obviously) handling your outbreaks
differently - for unknown reasons.
MamaZ
"alfred" <tomboy83=(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I was talking to someone the other day who also has genital herpes. She
>told me that her outbreaks were extremely painful and the reason is because
>women have MORE nerves in the genital area than men have. I don't know if I
>believe that is true. What brought up this topic is that I told her when I
>have an outbreak its mild, and usually includes no more than some itching
>or pinching in one area and then in a few hours some red bumps that last a
>few days and then go away. I'm a guy in case any of you are new out there
>and don't know me. I am thinking that this is not the case in terms of
>severity. I think its a case where some people have faster acting antibody
>response which causes outbreaks to be more minor than others. Wouldnt that
>also stand to reason because when I get a cold I usually have it no more
>than 3 days compared to some people that are sick for a long time?
>
> Al
>


From: alfred on 5 May 2008 19:43
"MamaZ" <mamazalama(a)msn.com> wrote in message
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> It's very possible that you have HSV1 and the woman has HSV2 (which is
> usually more severe when it breaks out).
> Just my opinion, though. It's also possible that you both have the same
> type herpes but your immune systems are (obviously) handling your
> outbreaks differently - for unknown reasons.
> MamaZ

I have oral HSV-1 and genital HSV-2, and then I have HPV genitally also. I
thought the difference between HSV-1 and HSV-2 was primarily the frequency
of outbreaks, not the severity. People with HSV-1 usually get one or two
outbreaks a year. With HSV-2 a person will frequently get a minimum of 4-5
outbreaks a year and sometimes one a month or so.

I've had it for about 15 years and I still one a month, sometimes more if i
am stressed out. Though frequent, the severity is quite mild now. Outbreaks
usually last 3-4 days from prodrome to gone. I did have a bad time a few
years back in 2005 due to major stress and was having major outbreaks but
nothing like what this person was talking about.

Al


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