Comments on: WHEN IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/06/10/when-ignorance-is-not-bliss/ Little Bill. Just Words. Just Images. Just Me. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lisa http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/06/10/when-ignorance-is-not-bliss/comment-page-1/#comment-3082 Lisa Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:57:17 +0000 http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/06/10/when-ignorance-is-not-bliss/#comment-3082 Yep, I knew that they don't normally test for herpes and also found it just as appalling. Particularly since there are things like Valtrex out there which can be taken to prevent the spread. Herpes Simplex I is very, very common (something like 80% of Americans have it) and generally appears as cold sores on the mouth, but can show up anywhere on the body. If they do BLOOD work to test, they can determine which form it is (I - usually oral or II - genital). I really don't understand the medical community's attitude on this one. It really makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me. Yep, I knew that they don’t normally test for herpes and also found it just as appalling. Particularly since there are things like Valtrex out there which can be taken to prevent the spread. Herpes Simplex I is very, very common (something like 80% of Americans have it) and generally appears as cold sores on the mouth, but can show up anywhere on the body. If they do BLOOD work to test, they can determine which form it is (I – usually oral or II – genital). I really don’t understand the medical community’s attitude on this one. It really makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me.

]]> By: Little Bill http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/06/10/when-ignorance-is-not-bliss/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 Little Bill Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:35:43 +0000 http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/06/10/when-ignorance-is-not-bliss/#comment-2689 slackmistress, Probably not. From what I've heard it seems that the the test test isn't necessarily unreliable, more like it isn't able to distinguish between different simplexes of the virus, nor where — geographically on your body — it's located. You might just have cold sores. At least that's what I've heard. slackmistress,

Probably not. From what I’ve heard it seems that the the test test isn’t necessarily unreliable, more like it isn’t able to distinguish between different simplexes of the virus, nor where — geographically on your body — it’s located. You might just have cold sores. At least that’s what I’ve heard.

]]> By: the slackmistress http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/06/10/when-ignorance-is-not-bliss/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 the slackmistress Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:20:01 +0000 http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/06/10/when-ignorance-is-not-bliss/#comment-2617 I was told that the herpes test isn't a great one because it's incredibly unreliable. But maybe my doc was just trying to talk me out of it? I was told that the herpes test isn’t a great one because it’s incredibly unreliable. But maybe my doc was just trying to talk me out of it?

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