Persistent Nerve Pain as a Result of Herpes Neuralgia is pain that occurs along the path of the nerves. Postherpetic Neuralgia is best known in relation to Shingles (Varicella Zoster Virus). Although it has been little studied in connection with genital Herpes infection, the incidence of this condition is much…
These are most of the original medical references and documentation for the Support Group that became HerpeSite. Much research was done by our original team, including combing through research studies and medical journals cataloged at University Medical Libraries, before the internet made such searches easily accessible to all. Here is…
Act 1: The Beginning: Diagnosis Like hundreds of thousands of people every year, I got Herpes. It was the early 90s, and I was devastated. All I knew about Herpes was what I’d read in the scare articles in magazines and on the news – that it was a horrible…
Recurrences and Outbreaks When Herpes Simplex Virus becomes active, it begins to multiply, and then comes to the surface along the nerve paths. Reactivation may be symptomatic or asymptomatic – there may be signs and symptoms, or there may be no signs at all. Due to the nature and structure…
