Coping With Viral Infections

July 2007

• not shingles - by skw - (Sun, Jul 29 2007)
  Developed skin rash which rapidly spread to one side of my abdomen and itched terribly. I knew that I needed to get to a doc within 72 hours for some Valtrex in case it was shingles Of course this was a weekend. The ER doc took one look and said “shingles”. They loaded me up with painkillers, Valtrex and some anti-itch pill which made me incredibly drowsy for about three days. [more..]
• ON MY HANDS - by Armando - (Thu, Jul 26 2007)
  About a year ago , i came down with the flu and got really sick. I already had eczema or that skin condition due to stress. Slowly I started developing the warts. [more..]
• Sharing is NOT Caring - by d.c. - (Fri, Jul 13 2007)
  I got Oral Herpes from my best friend. She had no symptoms at all of herpes neither was she aware she had it. I shared my lip gloss with her and two days later she had her first out break. Looks like her boyfriend cheated on her again. [more..]