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Vaginal Herpes

Genital Herpes Treatments

March 9, 2010

Vitamin D Meets Genital Herpes | Treatment
Awesome article in the paper today about Vitamin D and herpes.  This vitamin has been in the news a lot in the past year after a landmark study revealed that it was a key player in cancer rates in that a significant number of people with cancer were found [...]

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People With Herpes: Don’t Believe Everything You Read

February 15, 2010

It continues to amaze me (although I am not sure why) how much completely irrational and irresponsible information is available on the internet regarding herpes.
This morning I found this comment from 2008 on Angela’s site www.yoshi2me.com:
You are lucky to find a guy who would marry you knowing you have herpes. Most wouldn’t as it is [...]

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I have herpes: Possible first emotional response(s)

February 1, 2010

Unless you are aware that you are being exposed to the genital herpes virus (i.e. knowing that your partner carries the virus and taking that calculated risk responsibly), it can be absolutely terrifying to find out you have contracted vaginal herpes.  The bottom line being that hearing, “You have herpes”, easily translates into having to [...]

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Genital Herpes Outbreaks: I’m Scared It’s Coffee

December 22, 2009

I have been drinking coffee since I was sixteen years old.  I don’t remember my first cup, but I do know that I have not missed a single day in over twenty years (almost as long as I’ve had  herpes!).   I’ve been worried about how much coffee I drink for several years now but as [...]

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Herpes: My Name Is Nanci And I Have A Vaginal Herpes Outbreak

December 10, 2009

There I said it.  Writing this blog I feel pressure to remain outbreak free.  That in order for me to be credible and communicate my message that having herpes does not in any way make you less attractive, sexy, and desirable to the opposite sex (or the same sex, of course..) I need to be [...]

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Stages of Herpes: Just plain bad (wrong) information

December 1, 2009

As you can imagine I spend a considerable amount of time reading about herpes.   Thankfully there are things called “books” (with you know, actual pages) otherwise I might be stuck with what is available on the Internet.   Every few days I come across an article (usually on one of the larger article submission [...]

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Female Genital Herpes vs. Impetigo

November 8, 2009

Many, many years ago I was called in the middle of the night by the younger sister of a good friend who was sure she had just discovered herself with genital herpes.   After talking to her about the blisters, I too was convinced she had genital herpes (at 21 with zero medical training, what else [...]

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Vaginal Herpes

November 6, 2009

Just a quick post to let you know that vaginal herpes is not different from any other form of herpes.   All herpes viruses come from the herpes simplex virus of which there are two types.  I know this is shocking but they are actually called Herpex Simplex 1 (HSV1) and Herpes Simplex 2 (HSV2).  While [...]

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