Do I Have Herpes?
Dear Dr. Tom:
My girlfriend of two years recently told me she has herpes and has known about for some time in which we were sexully active. I have not had any outbreaks that I know of, and wonder what I should do?
Dr. Tom’s Response:
Dear Anonymous with a Girlfriend:
You did not indicate if your sexual activity had been protected; if so, you have prevented infection. Keep up the vigilance. If not, I suggest you change to protected sex, because you have been lucky. The other possibility is that you have acquired an infection that remains asymptomatic because of a low virulence viral strain or because of an excellent immune response from your own system, perhaps both.
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