Herpes Simplex, Suppression
"I&#039;ve had HSV1 since birth. My whole life suffering from terrible outbreaks. My entire mouth, tounge and cheeks covered it giant cold sores. I would get about 3 single outbreaks a year and every 2 years or so have an out break of at least 5 cold sores at once. High school was hell, I was always trying to make up excuses like &quot; an allergic reaction&quot; or &quot;I fell down&quot; to avoid the accusations of &quot;girl with herpes&quot; finally when I was 18, it was a week before Halloween, and of course giant outbreak!! Finally I went to the doctor and she told me about Valtrex, I had seen it on TV and thought &quot;I don&#039;t have genital herpes&quot; and was almost embarrassed to be prescribed it, I took the Drs advice and literally within a couple days it was gone. It works!!"