a friend of mine has recently had this rash on her face which is sore and
sometimes feels like a burning sensation. she got it after having what
looked like a normal cold sore.
she's been to the doctors and the hospital and all they give her is anti

My new partner has informed me that she is +ve for HSV.
She did not tell me until we had several sexual encounters with no
inhibitions. We both received and gave oral sex and behaved totally
uninhibitedly.

I'm waiting to go to my moms house for Thanksgiving dinner, and right now
cooped up in my house, its cold, snowing and miserable outside. So I decided
to surf the web...
I heard somewhere that estrogen levels can increase the herpes activity in a

I am H-free male, and my potential partner was exposed to Herpes by her
loving ex-husband who neglected to tell her he knew he had outbreaks.  I
have loved this woman for years and now that we can finally be together this
virus or the potential of it is in between us.

Does anyone if you can pass on herpes through donating blood. I've never
heard anyone mention it. Happy Thanksgiving to all you nice folks from
Mississippi...Stan

How many of you are taking Valtrex and how expensive is it. I am on
disability and money is tight . I already buy 4 or 5 other meds for my
pain and such each month..thanks...Stan

Silence is Slavery.
There are two competing forces driving human behaviour, fear and love.
Fear usually wins the day.
The whole phenomenon of the worldwide Herpes Pandemic- possibliy the

First off I'm thankful to have this group as a resource and thank
everyone for sharing their experiences.
I've recently been diagnosed with Genital Herpes and started on Valtrex
this week (the doc suggests suppresive therapy).

Samarangenin B from Limonium sinense Suppresses Herpes Simplex Virus
Type 1 Replication in Vero Cells by Regulation of Viral Macromolecular
Synthesis
Yuh-Chi Kuo,1,2* Lie-Chwen Lin,1 Wei-Jern Tsai,1 Cheng-Jen Chou,1

Would like to hear about trigger foods that you know for sure. Nuts seem
to be for me. Thought somebody once said eggs may be...thanks...Stan

Hi, Can I ask a question?
I made a HUGE mistake a few nights ago.
My girlfriend has herpes and we have been having sex for years with out
me getting it, but a few nights ago  we were both really drunk, and she

Research reveals how herpes simplex virus can be kept asleep inside its
harboring cell
EurekAlert! - Nov 15 9:17 AM
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 15 - The ubiquitous herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1),

Hi Angela,
I have a question for you.
Once in awhile I google my name just to see what comes up.  This morning, I was
very surprised to see that my name come up in your group.  I'm not exactly sure

I know that herpes tends to have many, many possible outcomes as far as
symptoms, lesions, frequency and severity. Aside from my sores looking
different from time to time, my outbreaks tends to at least always have the
same prodrome, and I am wondering why this is?

Hiya!
I was wondering if anyone has noticed that there appears to be a closeness
for people with herpes and hpv to want to know others with herpes? I noticed
this compared to other people with illnesses and was wondering why? I am