Australian Herpes Management Forum

News: What Australians want to know about herpes - questions received by the AHMF's online doctor 2004

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In October 2004, the AHMF offered an Online Doctor service for Australians with questions about genital herpes. Examples of some of the questions received included:

• Can a caesarean avoid transmission to a baby during birth, and will taking medication up to birth help?
• Can you breast feed or give blood with genital herpes in your system?
• Are there any alternative therapies or supplemental therapies that help?
• Can you get herpes from a hand?
• Can the symptoms be a heat rash and not herpes?
• Is itching and sensitivity necessarily genital herpes?
• Can you re-infect yourself?
• Where is the best place to monitor new developments in HSV treatments?

For more information about the types of questions people asked, see the Online Doctor page.

4 August 2005