HERPES

Are we Re-infecting Each Other with Herpes?

23 March, 2014

Dear Dr. Tom: Both my wife and I have had genital herpes for the past 14 years. Until recently we have had unprotected sex with no problem except for an occasional tingle. For the past few months though, we have both had pretty severe breakouts with bumps, severe itching, etc., brought on originally I think, […]

Can I get Herpes on my Thigh?

Dear Dr. Tom: I have genital herpes and instead of having the outbreaks on my genitals, I usually get them on my right upper thigh. Is this considered herpes too? Also, when I do have an outbreak, I am extremely tired and feel very weak, is this normal? Also, I seem to get depressed and […]

Can I get Herpes Going Down on Her?

Dear Dr. Tom: The girl who I’m dating just confronted me and says she has Herpes. It’s not active and says she received it orally. We have not had sex, but we do have oral sex, I go down on her and she goes down on me. Am I at risk? I really like the […]

Is Discharge a Herpes Symptom?

Dear Dr. Tom: Does one have a discharge when you have the herpes symptom? Dr. Tom’s Response: Dear Poster Who Asks About a Discharge: No, a person does not discharge from herpes infection itself. One can have a discharge from a penile ejaculation when the owner is infected from herpes. However, this has nothing to […]

Do I Have to Insert my Penis to Get Herpes?

Dear Dr. Tom: What if you’re about to have sex with a female but your hormones are at a stand still? The whole time you’re rubbing your private area against her’s to try to get your hormones up, but never got to the point to insert your private area into hers. Can you still catch […]

If You Have a Cold Sore, is that Automatically Herpes?

Dear Dr. Tom: My mother was just diagnosed with Herpes and I would like to find out more about the disease. The doctor told her that hers would probably never show up again. Does this mean that after she is through with the medication that she is no longer able to spread the disease? And […]

Can I Have Sex with Herpes?

Dear Dr. Tom: I am 18, and I was just diagnosed with herpes, and I have a lot of questions about life after finding out. I have been depressed for weeks and don’t understand this whole thing… When can I have sex? When can’t I? Will each of my partners get this? I’m very scared […]

Can I grow out of Herpes?

Dear Dr. Tom: I have a couple of questions for you. I recently have had sex (unprotected) with a guy. He did not tell me he had any kind of STD’s. Two days after we had sex, I noticed itching around my private areas. I went to the doctor (Did not say anything about it […]

Is Herpes Only Contagious When you have Sores?

Dear Dr. Tom: My name is CC, and I am diagnoised with oral herpes virus. I was wondering if you can answer this question for me. I read up on herpes and that it is only contagious when you have the sores on your mouth and I also called a herpes hotline and they said […]

Do Not Break Herpes Sores!

22 March, 2014

Dear Dr. Tom: I have contract herpes from my wife. We were married about two years ago and have not had a problem. She has cold sores about 4 times a year. We tried oral sex and guess what? Yep, I got it now. They have appeared in two places, on the shaft and at […]