What to do if you're diagnosed with herpes

If you have recently been diagnoses with herpes, you need information. So you can either call someone, or buy a book, or go to a local HELP (support) group.

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Your doctor probably gave you some information about herpes. We have discovered that many doctors are not that well informed about herpes and sometimes doctors might not be as sympathetic or understanding as they should be.

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If you are like most people, you are a little upset about now. So you need to talk to some people who really understand what you are going through. Right off the bat, you may want to call someone who can just go through everything with you. Here's what we recommend:

1. The Herpes Resource Center Hotline: (919) 361-8488. The National Herpes Hotline is operated by ASHA as part of the Herpes Resource Center. The hotline, which currently answers more than 30,000 calls a year, provides free counseling on herpes and offers referrals. The hotline is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. ASHA coordinates over 90 local support groups, called HELP groups, in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australia.

2. The CDC std Hotline: (800) 227-8922. The CDC National STD Hotline provides toll-free information on sexually transmitted diseases to the general public. Information Specialists are trained to convey accurate, basic information and referrals to free or low cost clinics nationwide. Free educational literature about a wide variety of sexually transmitted diseases and prevention methods is also available.

In addition to offering clinic referrals and written materials, Information Specialists answer questions about herpes and transmission, prevention, treatment and follow-up concerning STDs, including gonorrhea, chlamydia, HPV/genital warts, herpes and others. The CDC National STD Hotline answers over 200,000 calls from across the United States each year.

How are cold sores related?

Ninety percent of all people will have at least one cold sore, (herpes simplex outbreak) sometime in their life.  Some children who are affected with cold sores may become seriously ill. However, after the first cold sore infection, many people develop antibodies to the cold sore virus and never have another cold sore. About 40% of American adults, however, have repeated cold sores.

Cold sores are highly contagious when a flare up is present, and a cold sore can be transmitted even when there is no visible signs of a cold sore, this is called viral shedding. Children often become infected with the cold sore virus by contact with parents, siblings or other close relatives who have cold sores. 

The cold sore virus is highly contagious. Anyone experiencing symptoms of a cold sore must be very cautious when being intimate with another person so as not to transmit the cold sore virus. Those who have symptoms of a cold sore should refrain from contact with another person to help avoid transmission of cold sores.  If the cold sore  virus has been transmitted, the infection is permanent.

Cold sores can be either a one time event or reoccur.  Possible causes of a cold sore reactivating may include stress, fever, menstruation, cold, fatigue and sunlight. Recurrent cold sores usually occur as lesions in or around the mouth. 

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What to do if you're diagnosed with herpes