Seattle Planned Parenthood Genital Herpes Lecture
This week I was in Seattle, lecturing to the Planned Parenthood providers. There were probably 50 clinicians attending, and it was so great to see how much they already knew, and also, how excited they were to learn all the latest details about genital herpes tests, treatment and counseling.
One of the most frequent questions to come up is "What do we do about people who test positive by blood test, but have no symptoms?" As I have said many times, people who have positive blood tests but no symptoms are both infectious and infected. Anna Wald and I have a study in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2000 describing this research. If someone has a positive blood test, they can also become more aware of subtle symptoms that they previous did not notice or thought were due to something else.
They were also so happy to have access to the patient counseling video as talking about the "softer" issues of self esteem, sexuality and how to tell partners can be both difficult and time consuming.
Stay warm out, our winds in Portland today are taking the perceived temps down to 14 degrees!
Related Topics: Could I Have Caught Herpes From Him?, Shattering the Genital Herpes Myth
One of the most frequent questions to come up is "What do we do about people who test positive by blood test, but have no symptoms?" As I have said many times, people who have positive blood tests but no symptoms are both infectious and infected. Anna Wald and I have a study in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2000 describing this research. If someone has a positive blood test, they can also become more aware of subtle symptoms that they previous did not notice or thought were due to something else.
They were also so happy to have access to the patient counseling video as talking about the "softer" issues of self esteem, sexuality and how to tell partners can be both difficult and time consuming.
Stay warm out, our winds in Portland today are taking the perceived temps down to 14 degrees!
Related Topics: Could I Have Caught Herpes From Him?, Shattering the Genital Herpes Myth
7 Comments:
Can you please give me advise. I was diagnosed with HSV1 in the 'other area'. I had no idea that this was possible. I think I got it from using my partners razor! Anyways, I have been having small outbreaks (overlapping) so that for the past month I have not been free of an outbreak. I would say I find 3 new bumps about every 3 days. I have been taking Valtrex for 2weeks and I am still getting new ones. My gyn says that it may be due the fact that my body is adjusting to the new virus and new medication. Have you ever heard of a case like this? Everyone that I have talked to says that Valtrex workes great for them and they stop getting new ones. I am considering using some natural oils or something from the internet, I am so desperate. One outbreak is bad enough...but a month of them is unbearable. Am I doing something wrong?
Please help me.
Liz
Mya i change the topic?
I want to know about intersticial cystitis ...
where i can learn about this new ''maladie''??
norpsico@yahoo.com.ar
I'm wondering what percentage of people test postive but do not have symptoms?
I have been with my husband for 27 years and was diagnosed with genital herpes 5 years prior to meeting him. I have never transmitted the disease to him.I may also add that I have never taken any medication and as the years have passed I have had less frequency of outbreak. In the past, highly stressfull situations always caused it but not anymore. In the course of a year I may get one sore that may last up to 5 days then its gone. As for treatment modalities there are herbs that may successfully treat it. Check out www.drweil.com & www.abramswellnessclinic.com/new/ for recommendations on this topic and possible ways to treat it. Good luck!
What happens when both partners have herpes? I have no symptoms while my husband is having his "first" big outbreak. If we both have it can we still have sex?
what if me and my partner is infected with HSV2
To those of you with questions about your own situation regarding Herpes, please post them on our Genital Herpes message board.
To the person asking about interstitial cystitis, click here for information and resources.
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