Herpes Simplex Virus

SAFE SEX

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Chicago’s Brothers Health Collective sponsored an open forum for the Black gay/lesbian community to address health concerns involving the community with panel experts. In this segment, health expert Laurie Anderson addresses STI’s (sexually transmitted infections: herpes, chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea). She elaborates on the the symptoms, levels of infection, alarming stats in Chicago and cures. [...]

When an outbreak occurs, it usually appears on the mouth and the genitals. The outbreak of herpes can appear on other parts of the body. The virus hides within the nerves of your body waiting for the immune system to drop its guard. When it has a chance to invade herpes rushes to the top [...]