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Why You Can’t Catch Herpes from a Towel (and Other Hilarious Myths You Can Stop Worrying About) When it comes to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), herpes is one of the most misunderstood. Herpes is like the “shark in the swimming pool” of the STI world—people know it’s a problem, but they often overestimate where and…
Is there a cure for herpes? No. There is not a cure for herpes…plain and simple. Many of you, reading this, will think to yourself, “Of course there is no cure! Everybody knows that!” Unfortunately, this is not the case. Once diagnosed with HSV, people tend to jump on their computer to find out everything…
The Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) can be broken down into two different types. HSV-1 is typically oral herpes where HSV-2 is almost always in the genital region. Without going into all the mind numbing medical details, we figured that we would break it down and explain what the difference is. Both types share some similarities,…
How to tell someone you have herpes or HPV? So, you start dating someone and you look for a way to tell them about your herpes or HPV. In our community, this is simply known as “The Talk.” Is it awkward and stressful? Of course it is! We are not going to try to sugar…