As someone who frequently struggles with keeping herpes under control, I’m constantly looking for what triggers my outbreaks. I started to cut down on caffeine after an unusually painful situation involving a double cappuccino last year. (I have now decided to completely eliminate it from my diet, and am currently... Read more
Do you ever get the sensation of itching all over your body? I had it so bad last week that I could barely sleep. I kept waking up to scratch my back and legs, and was convinced I had bed bugs. As I developed an outbreak over the next few days, I began to wonder if the itching had anything to do with herpes. Like maybe... Read more
When was the last time you saw a TV show or a movie that featured a character with herpes? I find it rather ironic that a disease as prevalent as herpes (or HPV or that matter) is rarely brought into the world of film and television. Maybe those who work behind the scenes have never dealt with herpes. Or maybe they don’t... Read more
Just when I thought I had control over herpes, I realized its elusive presence was greater than I had imagined. I’ve been on suppressive therapy for the last six months and, as far as I know, had never passed on the virus to anyone…until now.
Last week I found out that there is a good possibility that a recent... Read more
I recently read an article that discussed president-elect Obama’s ambitious plan to computerize all health records in the next five years. The goal of this plan is to improve healthcare quality, while lowering costs, by putting all medical records on a computer database and eventually in a national network. The article... Read more
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