TY - JOUR T1 - Successful use of valciclovir in a case of recurrent urticaria associated with genital herpes JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 468 LP - 468 DO - 10.1136/sti.78.6.468 VL - 78 IS - 6 AU - A Khunda AU - M Kawsar AU - J M Parkin AU - G E Forster Y1 - 2002/12/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/78/6/468.1.abstract N2 - Urticaria is a common skin condition but the symptoms and signs can be extremely distressing. The condition is often idiopathic.1 The management of urticaria can be frustrating even when triggers are identified.2 We describe a case of recurrent urticaria associated with genital herpes attacks and a successful use of suppressive therapy with valaciclovir.A 35 year old white woman presented in March 2000 to a genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic with 5 year history of recurrent lesions typical of genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection occurring almost every month. She had also been developing physical urticaria manifesting as itchy … ER -