Your healthcare provider may diagnose genital herpes by simply looking at your symptoms. Providers can also take a sample from the sore(s) and test it. In certain situations, a blood test may be used to look for herpes antibodies. Have an honest and open talk with your health care provider and ask whether you should … Read more

Yes, you can have sex if you have herpes but you'd better avoid the period of herpes outbreaks.

Sure, you can have sex even if you have herpes. However, if you have herpes, you should talk to your sex partner(s) and let him or her know that you do and the risk involved. Using condoms may help lower this risk but it will not get rid of the risk completely. Having sores or … Read more

Unfortunately, there is no cure for genital herpes. However, there are medicines that can prevent or shorten outbreaks. These anti-herpes medicines can be taken daily, and makes it less likely that you will pass the infection on to your sex partner(s). Therefore, there's no other reason to stop you from dating again.

I was diagnosed … Read more

I have never seen herpes on the elbow – I have seen it on the upper arm. Sometimes people with no infection Will inadvertently Touch a lesion in touch someplace else on their body before the body has a chance to make a robust new response, thus moving the virus to a different nerve group. … Read more

First herpes outbreak can last a couple of weeks, longer for others. Usually, you feel completely normal again down there after 2-3 weeks. Recurrent outbreaks resolve sooner. Mystery no-name lube sounds scary, lol!

When I got Herpes, it was from someone who pretended to be my friend for three years. He knew he had it and … Read more

Herpes is a sexually transmitted disease that is caused by the herpes simplex virus; of the two strains of herpes simplex, herpes simplex type 2 is the most prevalent cause of genital herpes. According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as many as one in five people are infected with … Read more

When I was first diagnosed it felt like my womanhood was snatched from me. I felt trapped, alone, embarrassed and ashamed.

My boyfriend had given it to me and just said it didnt matter because we were not going to break up. But I hated him, not only for that but I genuinely did not … Read more

No, you can't.

When I got Herpes, it was from someone who pretended to be my friend for three years. She knew she had it and she really didn't give a crap about if I got it or not. She flat out lied to me and told me she had had a clean std test. … Read more