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Will herpes show up 2 days after a course of antibiotics, such as azithromycin? or would the bumps have appeared while i was sick?

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Can appear: at any time. Antibiotics do not treat herpes,

Answered 4/26/2016

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Not related to drugs: They appear typically several days after exposure and recur sporadically afterwards. BUT it can go latent without visible lesions and pop up out of the blue. It is NOT related to antibiotics.

Answered 10/24/2015

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