I have two questions.

1. Which doctor would be better to treat  genital herpes a gynecologist or a MD?

2. If you do the oral antiviral therapy will it affect your liver over time?

I read information on the site about taking oral meds once a day or twice a day.

Thank you,

I think for a female, the use of the GYN would probably be best. 

We do not see a greater impact on the liver from taking the medicine vs. not taking the medicine.

You can stop and start antiviral therapy - it isn't like a bacterial infection where stopping and starting would be dangerous.

Popping the blister would not make an infection worse, no, but it should be done with something sterile

Some people swear by something called Lysine.  Good studies not have proven a benefit but studies are averages and for some people, they find it very helpful

Terri

Thank you!

Either valacyclovir or acyclovir - val is once a day dosing and acyclovir is twice a day dosing for every day use.  For episodic use, with outbreaks only, val is twice a day and acyclovir is three times a day.

Terri