33 articles on "herpes"

How can I find out if I have herpes?

Your health care provider can determine if you have herpes in two ways:1. You can be examined while you are having symptoms. If sores are present, your provider will swab the sores and perform a viral culture test for the virus. This method is not al...

Healing Herpes With Self-Love

Healing Herpes With Self-Love by: Christopher Ricardo Scipio When I was a boy we lived in the Ghettoes of Toronto, Canada. We had just immigrated from Trinidad and Tobago. My mother struggled to raise four of us on a waitress’ salary. There wa...

My First Year With My "Friend" Herpes Or How I Was Re-Born A Modern-Day Leper

My First Year With My "Friend" Herpes Or How I Was Re-Born A Modern-Day Leper by: Christopher Scipio It was 1990, I was 24 years old and I didn’t think my life could get any worse. I had just finished college and my financial situation was wor...