Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Shuvani Sanyal, MD
Educational Info About Herpes
- A closer look at Herpes (Genital, HSV1 & HSV2) – A Very Common STD – Causes, symptoms, treatment, and expectations.
- Is there a difference between cold sores and genital herpes? How the HSV1 and HSV2 strains are different from one another and the similarities they share.
- An in-depth look into the fear surrounding genital HSV and the realities of living with it.
- An in-depth look into the fear surrounding genital HSV and the realities of living with it.
- How many outbreaks/physical symptoms should you expect if you have HSV2 genitally, HSV2 orally, HSV1 genitally, or HSV1 orally, and what impacts outbreaks.
- Your risk of transmitting herpes based on the strain, how asymptomatic shedding increases ones risk, and a prior infection with cold sores might help…
- Scenarios related to herpes transmission, risk of contracting herpes based on contact with HSV1 or HSV2 and how the risk reduces when previously exposed.
From The STI Project’s Executive Director, Jenelle Marie
- Jenelle Marie’s bucket list – an on-going list of life goals while living with HSV and why living with an STI/STD doesn’t have to mean the end.
- Why I am not angry at the person who gave me an STD (genital HSV & scabies) and why you shouldn’t be angry either.
- The administrator of The STI Project, Jenelle Marie, shares her story about getting diagnosed with genital herpes at 16 – a story you just can’t make up!
- An in-depth look at why I haven’t been type-specific tested for herpes yet, relationship choices, and getting tested for your specific strain of infection.
- The STI Project’s Jenelle Marie writes for BlogHer and EmpowHer networks to extend outreach and share her story of living with genital herpes.
- When a family member attacks The STI Project, this is how Jenelle Marie Davis, who’s living with genital herpes, fights back
Reader’s Perspectives
- One woman’s story about being diagnosed with genital herpes, contracting chlamydia, and how living with an STI/STD has impacted her and her dating life.
- An STD Interview about living with genital herpes for the past 28 years and how a herpes diagnosis can change a person’s perspective forever.
- Part of the STI Interviews series – a participant answers questions about contracting and living with genital herpes and how it was her choice.
- An STD Interview from The STI Project about living with herpes and one woman’s struggle coming to terms with herself and her diagnosis.
- An STD Interview and free-form story-telling hybrid about one woman’s diagnosis with HSV and how she came to realize that the ‘someone else’ was her.
- A 21 year old college student talks about her take on recently being diagnosed with HSV and how her infection has improved her.
- A short story about living with HSV and how one man used his faith in God to help him overcome emotional challenges and relationship struggles.
- A 30-something gay woman talks about living with HSV, her initial hang-ups with the infection, and how little it has impacted her relationships.
- A 26-year-old Katrina survivor & Iraqi war veteran writes about his outlook with an STD the 1st day after being diagnosed w/ HSV 1 & 2.
- After 5 years of living with HSV, a 22 year old vet tech doesn’t judge others anymore and still has a hard time having ‘the talk’ with partners.
- A full-time student talks about why it can be hard to get out of bed when faced with her genital HSV diagnosis and experiencing side-effects…
- A 29 year old attorney opens up about HSV, how her diagnosis has made her lose interest in her career and pursuing a family, and how she’s coping.
- A 28 year old teacher writes about contracting HSV, struggling with shame, and wanting a partner to feel like she’s worth a little bit of complication
- After living with herpes – genital HSV1 – for the last 5 years, a 24-year-old full-time graduate student writes about telling partners and overcoming fear
- A 24-year-old with genital HSV writes about how it makes her want to bury her head in the sand, like an Ostrich, because she’s having such a hard time
- Jenelle Marie interviews Kirsty Spraggon from KirstyTV.com about living with herpes and what it was like to come out publicly with her pretty little secret
- 2 days after being diagnosed with HSV, a 26-year-old graduate student shares why she’s devastated and the fears she’s wrestling with about telling others
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