The conversation most people with herpes dread is not actually the conversation they need to be having. The standard advice — the version you will find on every herpes forum and in every well-meaning article — frames “The Talk” as a confession. You have...
There is a lot of misinformation circulating about the risk of herpes during pregnancy, and much of it is designed to frighten women into unnecessary caesarean sections. Let me set the record straight. If you have herpes and you are pregnant or planning to become...
I am going to say something that will make some doctors uncomfortable. Antiviral drugs — Valtrex, acyclovir, famciclovir — are presented to most people with herpes as the primary, and often the only, meaningful response to their diagnosis. They are prescribed widely,...
I have said this for twenty-three years and I will keep saying it. The stigma is the disease. Not the virus. The virus, for the vast majority of people who carry it, is manageable. It is inconvenient. It is sometimes painful. It disrupts relationships and creates...
Diet is the most immediately actionable thing most people can do to change their relationship with herpes. Not supplements. Not expensive herbal formulas. Not specialised equipment. Food. What you put in your body every day, consistently, over time. It is unglamorous.... 