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TexasMaam -> RE: Shingles and Impact play (12/7/2008 8:49:47 AM)
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Herpes zoster, Herpes complex and Herpes simplex are easily exacerbated by any strong emotional experience.
It doesn't take a serious staph infection or some other exotic auto immune challenge to trigger an outbreak, regardless of what American Doctors and/or Nurses might tell you.
An emotional, physical or psychological climax of any kind can easily cause Herpes that are dormant to activate within 8 to 24 hours.
Even a vanilla orgasm that results in tears of emotion is sufficient to trigger an outbreak.
Feelings of depression, sadness, grief can do the same thing, as can feelings of euphoria and joy.
If an impact BDSM session results in a cathartic response that includes feelings of love, fear, tension, anticipation, drop, intense pain, orgasm, crying, release or any of the myriad of emotions that factor into WIITWD you can positively expect a herpetic outbreak almost overnight.
That includes lip blisters, skin blisters, canker sores, the eruption of subcutaneous lipomas that form from intramuscular herpes outbreaks, blisters or lesions that can erupt in the sinuses or bronchial tubes, and yes, shingles.
While steroids help reduce the inflammation post symptomatically, a preventive dose of Valtrex either daily or several days prior to a planned session can help stop the dormant virus from travelling along the nerves to the surface before they ever leave the axion of the nerve it's residing in - the proteins in Valtrex or acyclovir or similar anti virus treatments can stop the virus from reaching the nerve endings where it causes such excruciating pain.
Furthermore, contrary to popular opinion, you don't just 'catch Herpes once' and then 'have it anyway'.
While it is true that once infected, the virus remains in your body the rest of your life, it is also true that anytime a rash or canker results in fluid blisters that pop open, whether on a lip, or in the mouth, on the genitals, or on the skin, or on the cornea of the eye, tongue, gums, roof of the mouth - any mucous membrane or any nerve ending in the body can be the site of an eruptive lesion - anytime the virus erupts, thousands of active virus units erupt along with the body fluid from the blisters and those units can and do cause new cases to occurr over and over again between partners.
In other words, even though you already have the virus in your system, you can 'catch' newer forms of Herpes again, and again, and again, and again, every time you are exposed.
Shingles, for most people, do not erupt as easily, but they can be triggerd by the same conditions as any other Herpes virus.
While steroids help reduce the inflammation post symptomatically, a preventive dose of Valtrex* either daily or several days prior to a planned session can help stop the dormant virus from travelling along the nerves to the surface.
Valtrex/Famvir/Zovirax/acyclovir or similar anti virus treatments can stop the virus from reaching the nerve endings where it causes such excruciating pain - IF you have it in your bloodstream before the prodome, or erupting lesion, begins to form.
See your doctor about a prescription for Valtrex/Famvir/Zovirax/acyclovir or other anti viral treatment to help shorten the duration of your shingles outbreak.
Talk to your doctor about taking Zovirax or Valtrex for three to five days when you know you will be actively involved in impact play.
A daily dose of Valtrex/Zovirax for several months, several years, or life, may be in order for you. See what your doctor recommends and then use your own best judgement based on the frequency of outbreaks.
If you talk to your doctor and you are given a one time prescription for a 5 to 10 day dose of acyclovir*, you don't have to silently accept your doctor's premise about your condition - remember your doctor doesn't know the stress you are subjected to by your activities. You can ASK your doctor to prescribe the level of protection that best suits your needs. I would suggest a 10 day dose to be taken 5 days prior to and after a session. If that doesn't work or if you session actively all the time, you'll need daily doses to prevent outbreaks.
**Taking high doses of L-lysine can help mitigate an outbreak and can help shorten the duration of an outbreak BUT it CANNOT stop the virus from spreading and reproducing in your system. Only acyclovir or similar anti viral prescription can do that for you.
In the case of shingles as opposed to herpetic blisters, talk to your doctor, take the Valtrex* (or whatever is prescribed) for the 15 to 30 day treatment they usually prescribe, and try another session. If you have yet another outbreak of shingles - it's time to get serious about preventive doses on a regular basis.
Be proactive and take care of yourself.
All the best,
TexasMaam
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