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posted 12/22/2008, comments (0)

Herpes Weapons: Safe Sex, Acyclovir and a Extra Dose of Honesty

If there is one resolution I would like to see, it's the commitment to practicing safe sex in 2009. It is obvious from all the questions being posted on the site that lots of you take chances. There's the "I won't get it this time," "the odds are with me that one time with no condom can't possibly end with herpes," "I trust this... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/09/2008, comments (0)

Women - Help Further Herpes Research!!

Hello! I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee who is currently conducting research about the experiences of heterosexual women (ages 18-30) with genital herpes. My intention is to use the information to help develop better ways for health providers to help women with herpes.This survey is on-line and completely... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/24/2008, comments (2)

The Unknowing Spread of Herpes

Who's fueling the herpes epidemic?? It may be young women who don't even know that they have the virus that causes genital herpes. They may have no symptoms, they may not have been tested and they may be actively shedding the virus in their genital tracts. They are basically infectious - and they don't know it. The statistics are... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/20/2008, comments (0)

When a Good Treatment has an Ugly Side

If you have herpes then you are probably familiar with the drug acyclovir. It's an anti-viral agent that is often recommended to patients with HSV2 so that recurrences of active herpes are diminished. The drug is credited with decreasing the number of times you will have painful breakouts, lowering viral load and helping to minimize... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/13/2008, comments (0)

It's called "scrumpox" And It Is Spreading Through Contact Sports

A recent report highlighted a herpes virus strain that is making its way through rugby players and sumo wrestlers in Japan. They're calling it scrumpox (a combo of scrimmage and the pox-like appearance of the skin rash- also called herpes gladiatorum) and it is spread through skin-to-skin contact so that is why it is assumed... Read more Chevron

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