STI transmission via skin-to-skin contact?
Dear Alice, Skin-to-skin contact confuses me. Does the uninfected person have to have an opening in the skin for the virus to enter? Or can the simple act of the infected shedding skin touching the...
View ArticleImpetigo + oral sex = gential herpes?
Hey Alice! I was recently diagnosed with impentigo & was wondering if I had oral sex with my boyfriend if he'd get gential herpes. Thanks! -kitten xx
View ArticleHerpes eye infection and blindness?
(1) Dear Alice, This question is in reference to herpes and the eyes. Can one become blind due to herpes infection of the eyes? Also, how should one clean one's hands when one comes into contact with...
View ArticleWhat STIs are "testable" and who is infected, anyway?
Dear Alice, I recently became sexually active at 21, and my partner is a bit older and has had multiple partners. At this point, we are exclusive, and have used a condom on the few occasions we have...
View ArticleHow to tell partner about herpes
Dear Alice, When my boyfriend and I began our sexual relationship, he insisted on using condoms. I gratefully agreed because I felt it then wouldn't be necessary for me to tell him about my STD —...
View ArticleClearing the confusion over herpes types 1 and 2
Dear Alice, You say that others quite possibly might have antibodies built up from childhood exposure to Herpes Simplex 1. Is that true regardless of where you have the virus (genitals, face)? I had...
View ArticleReducing herpes transmission risk with Valtrex
Dear Alice, I am a gay man, and my on-again, off-again boyfriend has genital herpes on his anus. He currently takes Valtrex to manage his symptoms (his outbreaks occur about once or twice a year). I...
View ArticleMonogamous couple: Stop using condoms?
Dear Alice, If my partner and I have been monogamous for three years (and I was a virgin before we met) and my partner tested negative for the HIV virus (twice, about two years ago, with a six-month...
View ArticleBreak down of different herpes strains and oral sex
1) Dear Alice, I sometimes get herpes blisters (HSV-1) next to or on my lips and this is the case with my girlfriend as well. I was wondering if there is any danger of causing herpes on her genitals...
View ArticleGenital herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection: Recurrence rates? Risk...
Alice, I searched your Archives, but found nothing. Do you have up-to-date information on the recurrence rates of Herpes Type I on the genitals? And since this is what has happened to me, and given...
View ArticleNow that your partner knows you have herpes...
Dear Alice,I recently told my girlfriend I have herpes. Since that night I can feel her moving emotionally away from me. What can I tell her to comfort her and continue moving forward in our relationship?
View ArticleHerpes from a tanning bed?
Dear Alice,The question I have is very important. A friend of mine contracted herpes through her first boyfriend. Well, first sexual boyfriend and he says he doesn't have it. Yet where did she get it?...
View ArticleHerpes info for women who have sex with women
1) Dear Alice,All the information I have found about herpes is written for heterosexual couples. Are there studies about herpes in lesbians? How can I prevent transmission of the virus to my partner?...
View ArticleCold sores
Dear Alice,I get cold sores around my mouth and nose all the time; I have since I can remember. I know that they can be caused by both physical illness and mental stress. Is there any way to reduce the...
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