Antivirals for genital herpes

[rburns12174]

How do you know when an antiviral medication for genital herpes is working?

a. decrease in pruritits

b. decrease in pain

c. decrease in white count

d. increased activity intolerance

I have a midterm on Monday and this question has me kind of stumped because I don't think that it is a select all that apply question.. I need help please. Thank you

[ChristopherH]

I believe the answer would be C. Decrease in white count. The others are all symptom related and may not be related to the working of the antiviral med. However if its working it should decrease the viral load and that would, presumably, result in a decreased WBC count as well. Then again that assumes that there is nothing else going on in the body as well, if there is another infection happening concurrently I would think that might not be the case. Anyone else want to weigh in?