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posted 09/19/2008, comments (0)

Herpes and HIV: When You Have Both

Apparently having HIV means you may also be likely to get herpes. The co-infection rates are quite high and add significant health burdens on an individual when they have HIV and then they get herpes. What's also known is that when someone with HIV gets herpes, the herpes can actually enhance further progression of the HIV viral load. ... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/02/2008, comments (0)

The Final Herpes Story

Script 3 Take 1: Your widowed mom has been dating some men. She is quite attractive, still very active and married your dad at a very young age. So her sexual experience was basically "one partner" and she does feel like this time period in her life is a chance to explore - have fun - experience life. The next time you see her ... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/30/2008, comment (1)

The Script continues

Script 2 - Take 1: You have herpes - you have no idea who gave it to you but once diagnosed, you feel ashamed - demoralized - frustrated and even a bit fearful. When you get stressed, you typically get recurrences of the rash and they are painful and you get somewhat depressed when it happens. You haven't fully committed to an daily... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/29/2008, comments (0)

Herpes, Scene 1: Knowing the Risk and Consenting to It

Herpes, Scene 1: You find out your last boyfriend who is no longer in the picture possibly gave you herpes. How do you find out?? Your socializing at a bar with a group of people and one thing leads to another and during the conversation one of the women mentions she dated "your ex" and he was her first and lo and behold she... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/17/2008, comments (0)

Herpes and Pregnancy

Having HSV-1 or HSV-2 increases the risk of having a miscarriage during pregnancy, having premature labor and it also increases the possibility that your baby could have serious complications if exposed the virus. Between 20 and 25% of all pregnant women may have herpes, but of those, only about 0.01% will experience complications... Read more Chevron

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