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my spouse has herpes, are there any methods we can use in bed so that i dont get herpes?

Jay
10/11/08
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Jeannie May
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I am a herpes awareness campaigner and peer support provider. I run...

Sunday, October 26, 2008

There are a number of strategies you can use to reduce the transmission of herpes, namely:

 

1. Avoiding sexual contact during active outbreaks and prodrome stages.

2. Using barrier methods during sexual contact - including condoms and/or dental dams for oral sex as it can be passed on genital/oral and vice versa.

3. The person with herpes can take antiviral medication on a daily basis to reduce the incidence and severity of outbreaks, and asymptomatic shedding (shedding of the virus when no symptoms are present).

 

Jeannie May

Herpes Awareness Campaigner & Peer Support Provider

www.livingsphere.com

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There are two types of HSV, HSV type 1 and 2, and both can cause genital herpes.

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