October 21st, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Herpes Sores : The word herpes evokes an emotional response from almost everyone. Eighty percent of the world’s population has serological evidence of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1, generally orolabial herpes), while 20 to 30 percent of the U.S. population is seropositive for the herpes virus type 2 (HSV-2, generally genital herpes). [...]
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October 17th, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Herpes Sores : Genital Herpes- what is it?
Genital Herpes is caused by virus type 2 of Herpes Simplex. Virus type 1 produces cold sores of herpes. Genital herpes spreads by sexual contact. Any kind of sexual contact will infect you with genital herpes if your partner is a carrier. Oral sex is equally [...]
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October 5th, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Herpes Sores : MYTH # 1: If you are in a long-term relationship and just found out that you have genital herpes, that means your partner was unfaithful.
A partner’s genital herpes diagnosis does not necessarily mean they cheated. Many people who have genital herpes have mild symptoms or sometimes no symptoms at [...]
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October 2nd, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Herpes occurs in two forms. Type 1 is the virus that most commonly causes facial or oral herpes. Facial herpes is not considered an STD because it can be contracted through kissing, sharing eating utensils, towels, lip balm or touching a cold sore. Type 2 herpes is the virus commonly associated with the STD genital [...]
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October 1st, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Generally called cold sores, oral or facial herpes is typically caused by type 1 of the herpes virus (type 2 generally causes genital herpes). Oral herpes is a very common condition and about 90% of Americans are thought to be infected. Unlike its genital counterpart, oral herpes is not necessarily contracted through sexual contact. Oftentimes, [...]
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October 1st, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex viruses (HSV) type 1 and type 2. Most genital herpes is caused by HSV type 2.
Most people have no or minimal symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When symptoms do occur, they usually appear as one or more blisters on or around [...]
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September 24th, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Amazon.com .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } Abreva is the only non-prescription cold sore medicine approved by the FDA. What is [...]
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September 20th, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Essential oils are the natural way to achieve health, well-being, vitality and low stress levels.
Many of those who carry the herpes virus find this to be a very stressful situation. They worry about when the next outbreak will occur and they worry about passing on the virus to others. Our H-Prevention, which is [...]
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September 10th, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Amazon.com .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } Abreva is the only non-prescription cold sore medicine approved by the FDA. [...]
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September 8th, 2009 by Herpes Sores
Herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in America, so it is important for us to have an understanding of the condition so that we can take the proper measures to prevent it, or treat it if we already have contracted it.
There are two types of herpes, caused by two different herpes [...]
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