Will Herpes Ruin Sex Life

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please answer, anxiety is ruining my life after brothel encounter

Hi,I had an encounter in April of last year in a brothel in Liverpool United Kingdom with a Filipino CSW. Went to the brothel totally drunk, not much memory.What I do remember is that a condom was initially put on my by the sex worker with gloves on...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiThe short answer is that you most likely had unprotected sex, which means you put yourself at risk. I'm not sure that the symptoms you are experiencing are HIV related. The thing to remember is that you not only put yourself at risk for HIV... Read more »

Anal sex toys are ruining my life......

Hey Doc if you could answer my question id appreciate it... anyways I am a 20 year old female and i... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Really confused here. PCR results may either be ruining my life, or saving it.

I am a 39 y/o male, and about a year ago, I had unprotected sex with another male. About 19 days... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

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This PrEP-ed Life: Damon Jacobs on Sex and Dating in a New Era of HIV Prevention

As a licensed therapist working with people living with HIV, Damon Jacobs heard about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an HIV prevention strategy. When he found himself newly single after being out of the dating game for almost a decade, he... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

France: Obese Have Poorer Sex Life, Likelier to Practice Unsafe Sex

For both men and women, obesity inflicts a wide range of challenges related to sex and reproduction, reports a team of French and British researchers. Compared with those of normal weight, obese women were less likely to have had a sexual partner... Read more »

Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics and Prevalence of HIV and HSV-2 Infection: Results From National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2006

The team undertook the current study to describe demographic and behavioral characteristics, together with HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2 infections, among men who have sex with men (MSM) identified through a population-based nationally... Read more »

Association of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection and Syphilis With HIV Infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Peru

Javier Lama from the Asociacion Civil Impacta Salud y Educacion and colleagues surveyed and tested for HIV 3,280 men who have sex with men in Peru and found an HIV prevalence of 13.9% in the group, a herpes simplex virus type 2 prevalence of 46.3%... Read more »

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Ruining my life

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

About 4 years ago a friend of a friends brother(who is known to sleep around) decided that it was okay to have sex with me while I was passed out. We went out for her 21st birthday and I had way too much to drink, and blacked out and woke up on the... Read more »

Financial Ruin

Posted by LittleOne, 1 Reply

Hello, I have reading this board for about a year now trying to get the courage to get tested. I finally went to get tested but an now tryng to get up the nerve to go back for my results. I tested at an anonymous clinic near mu office.

I keep... Read more »

My life is ruined

Posted by Cat123, 1 Reply

Nothing is getting better for me Read more »

Ruined

Posted by Anonymous, 11 Replies

I've just tested HIV + this week. I am married with 2 children and in the military. I fear that I've infected my wife too. I haven't yet told her of my status. The anxiety is overwhelming. I'm sure she'll divorce me, which I deserve: my guilt... Read more »

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