Will Herpes Ruin Sex Life

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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 have been using anal sex toys for approx a year now. I dont know why but I sometimes used to slip a condom on to the toy before inserting it but I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"Is lubrication fatal on an open wound if it contains N9?" No, not at all. You are quite confused about this entire concept. I suggest you check the archives of this forum that deal with the Nonoxynol-9 story to gain a better... Read more »

Please help me Doctor Bob, my paranoia is ruining my life.

Recently, I had a brief risky encounter. I decided to try and have sex with another male. He... Read more »

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Terrible fear of HIV which is ruining my life...What should I do doctor?

Please doctor I need your advice desperately,I have this pathological fear of HIV. I have never had... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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 »

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 »

Dr. Sex: The Joys of Safer Sex

To me condoms always seemed to be someone else's problem. I mean being young and gay in the early 1980s meant not having to worry about getting some girl pregnant. Syphilis and gonorrhea were the only major STDs that I tried to avoid. Oops, I forgot... 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

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Herpes question

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Can u catch a different strain of herpes from someone if you yourself had herpes for 10+ years but had an unprotected exposure with someone who just recently got it from someone they were involved with...... Read more »

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