What you should NOT do.
Do NOT:
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- leave a message on a machine that someone’s culture is (+) for HSV
- “herpes” is equivalent to “the plague” in many people’s minds
- wait to start antiviral therapy (There is NO REASON to wait!)
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- suggest that their sexual partner is a dirtbag!
- 75% of people that are seropositive for HSV are unaware of infection
- ASYMPTOMATIC SHEDDING
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- There are too many unknowns to play the “blame game”!