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Re: Herpes Infection while pregnant

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:35:17 -0500 (CDT)

At Tue, 23 Apr 2002, anonymous wrote: >
>I usually get a herpes infection about once a year. I have one
>currently and I am 13 weeks pregnant. Obviously I can't take any
>medication to shorten the duration of the breakout, but I was wondering
>if it would be okay to put some zinc oxide based diaper rash cream
>directly on the blister (there is only one blister, which is usually the
>case) in order to dry it up a little quicker. A nurse told me to do
>that once a long time ago, but of course I wasn't pregnant then. I know
>my Dr. plans to treat me with antiviral medication 2 weeks prior to
>delivery in order to supress any breakout then. But I'd love some
>releif now. Thank you for your help.

There is no reason that you could not take the routine antivirals like Acyclovir at this point in pregnancy, but the zinc oxide might make you a bit more comfortable while the blister heals. 

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG


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