Ask Answer and Get the Facts about Herpes

[video_player type="youtube" style="1" dimensions="560x315" width="560" height="315" align="center" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="20" ipad_color="black"]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS8tQ0JaVzhyWWtjUQ==[/video_player]

Life With Herpes

 

Welcome to today’s episode of Life with Herpes. I am always thrilled to have you join me and spend your time with me. Thank you! Today’s question on the #AskAlexandra portion comes from our Life With Herpes community. Some of the ladies in the slack group were chatting with one another and were wondering if the tingle that you sometimes get is considered an outbreak. They were mentioning that they are on an antiviral daily so their thoughts were maybe the antiviral was working its magic and suppressing the outbreak. Or maybe it is a little outbreak and the antiviral is suppressing it. Regardless this is a great question because the answer is really we don’t know unless you get it swabbed from the doctor. This is really a waste of your time, money and if it is going to become a full-blown outbreak then you will know soon enough. The best advice is to get to know your body.

 

However, I do suggest to error on the side of caution. If you are feeling a little uncomfortable in that area or if the tingle is your trigger for an outbreak then I would go hands off for the next day or so until the tingle goes away. How I personally view this is your body is telling you something. Tune in. What is your vagina or penis telling you? I know that can sound silly but really your body is trying to get your attention to tell you to listen up.  Personally, when I have the tingles or the hot spots I know my body is telling me I need to stop, relax and slow down. The funny thing was that after I recorded this episode I actually felt the tingles, I was exhausted so I took my own advice. I heated up some delicious soup and took a nap. As soon as I did that my body Thanked Me.

 

Long story short, unfortunately, we don't really know 100% but use this as an opportunity to de-stress, cut out some activities and if possible take a nap and get a good night's sleep.

 

Keep in touch with Alexandra Harbushka

 

www.lifewithherpes.com

www.instagram.com/alexandraharbushka

www.facebook.com/lifewithherpespodcast  

www.pinterest.com/lifewithherpes

Join the community

If you are ready to join a community of people who are living with herpes also then you will want to join our slack group. It is FREE and it is a great way to find the support and comfort that you are looking for. Head on over to www.lifewithherpes.com and join our community. You will receive a slack invitation as soon as you sign up. See you in there.

Ways you can support the Life With Herpes show

And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please give the Life With Herpes show a review. It is a way to pay it forward to fellow friends who are living with herpes. You can Subscribe, Rate and Review the show through your iTunes app or on the desktop. Seriously, it helps out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. You see, iTunes has an algorithm that organically promotes the show, so the more ratings and reviews the Life With Herpes Show receives then the higher it gets ranked. This is your way of paying it forward and helping someone find the show who really needs it. Oh, and you can totally use a fake name, so don’t worry about a friend finding you in the iTunes review. Talking about herpes needs to be spread as far and wide as possible. You are totally a part of this movement so THANK YOU!   Subscribe, Rate and Review

 

More Episode Resources

 

• How can I help you? Tell me in a free 15 minute chat!
• The Herpes Crisis Toolkit (use the promo code PODCAST)
• Join The Life With Herpes Community
• Life With Herpes YouTube channel
• DoTerra’s essential oils

 

[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6019361/height/360/width/450/theme/standard-mini/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/" height="360" width="450" placement="bottom" theme="mini"]