What stimulated the herpes on my lip?

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Greetings, Oxy-listers,

I have had a problem with herpes on my lip for 20 years. It has been very

quiet lately, in no small part to the use of my trusty laser pen. However,

I just had another outbreak and want to know if something I have started to

do has stimulated the virus.

In August, I stopped taking the estrogen/progesterone I had been using for 5

years (although it was a very natural formulation). To help with sleep and

hot flashes, I increased my Vit E and started using progesterone cream. Do

you think either one of these things could have been a trigger?

It seems unlikely, but I can't figure out why this happended now, when I am

well, not stressed, and not in the sun.

I had wanted to take DHEA as a supplement, but feared it might be just such

a stimulent, so I have not taken it.

Do you think it can act that way?

Thanks for helping me, as walking around with a crusty lip is mighty

unsightly!

Phyllis