Answered by: Christopher Scipio, RH (AHG) — Registered Herbalist and Holistic Viral Specialist; thirty-nine years as an herbalist, twenty-three of them as a herpes specialist; author of Making Peace With Herpes (20th Anniversary Edition). In the nineties, the only...
Prodrome is the early-warning phase, when the virus is reactivating before anything shows on your skin. It usually comes as tingling, itching, burning, numbness, or nerve pain in the place where your outbreaks arrive. If you’re feeling that in your usual spot,...
Nearly every consultation gets to this question once a test result has named a type. Which one do I have, and does it change my life? Type 1 or type 2. People want to know if the number on the lab sheet is a verdict. How contagious am I? How sick will I get? How much...
Can a Herpes Blood Test Be Wrong? Yes. More often than you have been told, and in a specific, predictable way that the number on your report will reveal if you know how to read it. I want to be careful here, because this article gets misused in both directions. Some...
Is the Western Blot Worth It? Every article you have read about herpes testing mentions the Western Blot, calls it the gold standard, and stops there. None of them tell you how to actually get one, what it costs, or whether your particular situation warrants the... 