Dating with herpes can be very stressful, and as you know – stress is the last thing you need because it can cause those outbreaks! Because of this, many single people with herpes have purposely reduced themselves to a life of celibacy and shy away from new relationships. Just because you’re infected with oral or genital herpes, that does not mean that you need to lead the life of a hermit crab!

An estimated fifty million adults in America are infected by the herpes simplex virus and the wide majority of them do not know. This blissful ignorance is the reason why herpes is the fastest growing sexually transmitted diseases amongst young adults. Now chances are those stats don’t make you feel any better about your situation, but it is important to realize that you are not alone. Although you should not feel limited to dating strictly within the herpes community, doing so is a great way to help eliminate some of the stresses you may feel when you think about dating people who do not have herpes.

Thanks to the resourcefulness that the internet provides, there are online dating and personal sites for just about everyone under the sun. Be you white, black, tall, short, Jewish or Christian, there’s a dating website that caters to you. This same thing goes for people infected with oral and genital herpes! Yup, there are dozens of herpes dating websites.

PositiveSingles, MPwH and STDDate are amongst the most popular. They provide a safe place for people with the virus to come together and interact without fear of judgment or ridicule. No matter what you decide to do, just don’t take yourself out of the dating game. Don’t allow the disease to take away your opportunity for love.

Have you struggled with relationships since being diagnosed with genital herpes? Herpes doesn’t signal the end of your love life. As managing editor of YouGotHerpes.com, Savannah Francis gives practical tips and advice on how to have a fulfilling and meaningful love life after herpes. For the best tips on dating with herpes, visit us today at Herpes  dating sites.

By Savannah Francis

Additional Reading:

Stop Herpes Now and From Coming Back For Good by Dr David Hoggs

Positive Single – Support site for herpes members.

Herpes is one of the most common viruses affect people today. It is believed that up to 98 percent of the population is affected by one strain or another of the herpes virus. It is also related to Epstein-Barr disease and more commonly the chicken pox and shingles. What was once seen as a common childhood ailment, science now understands will cause shingles, it is also now understood that these viruses are stored in the nerve cells of the spine and can lay dormant there for sometimes years or even decades, before emerging.

While in America science says there is currently no cure for herpes, this is the subject of some controversy as there are those in the alternative medicine and natural medicine communities that insist that there is a cure for herpes in other countries around the world, but in America due to the colossal nature of the pharmaceutical industry, it is only good business for doctors and drug companies to just keep putting a band-aid on the problem but not actually fix it, and the topic is a further thorn in the side of the drug companies because most alternative cures are naturally occurring meaning that they cannot be patented and profited from.

While this debate rages on, patients afflicted with one of the herpes viruses, should know that there are many possible treatments available with regard to essential oils.

While the choices are many, there are several that have been distinguished as the best ones. First and foremost is Tea Tree oil. Once one of the most expensive essential oils, its popularity has helped to regulate the price some and it can now be easily obtained at any pharmacy. It is Anti viral, Anti Bacterial and anti fungal, it is also a powerful immune stimulant. Tea Tree oil also helps to relieve dryness, itching, and pain of cold sores or genital herpes lesions, and can also help to prevent scarring, this is very important in cases of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 that causes cold sores or lesions on the face.

Lavender oil Is a great skin protectant that is anti-viral, anti-septic and anti- inflammatory that protects both the lesions and the surrounding skin tissue helps to relieve the pain and discomfort during the outbreak, as well as the anxiety associated with the condition, and is useful for any lingering neuralgia after the outbreak has stopped.

Eucalyptus oil is also very useful in treating herpes it has a cooling effect that helps with the “heat” associated with herpes outbreaks, specifically when the outbreak occurs in the anal region, it is also anti viral and anti-bacterial.

All of these things can be used in conjunction with suppression therapy, and your acyclovir treatments. So if you have recently been diagnosed, or if you have suffered with this since childhood, help is available please give one of these a try and you will be so glad that you did.

by: Debbie Gez

Additional Reading:

Stop Herpes Now and From Coming Back For Good by Dr David Hoggs

Positive Single – Support site for herpes members.