There are countless websites that are geared towards people who have medical issues to be able to still have a dating life. Two of the most popular is Antopia and Positive Singles which are geared towards people who have HIV, Herpes, and other sexually transmitted diseases since they will likely never get responses from anyone if they joined sites like Match.com and Eharmony.com. It’s a great concept so that people who do have herpes aren’t feeling left out and possibly ostracized for having an STD and it gives them a chance at having normal relationships and marriages like everyone else in the world. It’s not easy to live with an incurable viral infection because it can harbor your social and love life because of the intense fear many people go through dating someone who they learn has a contagious disease or virus. For those who are dealing with and living with herpes can do a search on Google under dating for people with herpes or diseases.

    It’s practical for these sites because it gives those who live with herpes and other diseases like HIV, HPV (human papiloma virus), and AIDS to be able to still enjoy the same things everyone else does which are having an active social, dating, and love life.

Herpes is common, about 45 million people over the age of 12 have the disease. To better understand that number, about 1 in every 5 adults have had this infection.This disease is more common in women than in men. This is thought to be because of the male to female transmission rather than female to male.

You tend to contract herpes from having sex with someone who has the infection. The transmission can happen even if the person doesnt have any signs or know that they have the disease.This disease usually leads to infections of the mouth or lips. These are sometimes referred as fever blisters.

Signs are usually sores that tend to last for a couple of weeks, flu-like symptoms, fever and swollen glands. But most people dont have symptoms or they mistake them for insect bites. People that have herpes usually have 4-5 outbreaks a yr.

Diagnosing herpes can be done by visual inspection if an outbreak is typical or by taking a sample from sores and having it tested. Blood tests can be helpful but are not always clear cut.

There is no cure for herpes but it can be treated.By taking medications, it can limit the number of outbreaks and can also reduce the risk of passing it on to partners.

The only ways to prevet passing on this disease are not havng sex or using condoms. Also by having sex with the same person hwo has been tested and shown not to have the symptoms.Remember just because you arent showing signs of the infection, you can still pass it on. Use of condoms is highly recommended.

I am a twenty for year old homosexual male. I choose to remain anonymous. I was very promiscuous sleeping with any and everyone. I came out of the closet as a homosexual male when I was fifteen. I started going to these underground parties, and raves. I thought my life was perfect. My story starts here.

I was tired of living my life as a secret, I went to my parents and told them I was very interested in men and not women. They accepted me for who I was but that was the least of my worries. All my friends in school knew I was a homosexual and they teased me for it and called me names. But I was proud of who I was and what I loved. I continued to go to school and I graduated from high school and attended college and that is where all the partying started. I met guys who were just like me. We started going to these underground parties and I would meet someone and sleep with them all in the same day. I wouldn’t use protection at all I loved the natural feel of things. Soon me and my friends would go to these underground parties 4 times a week. I would always bring someone back to my dorm room it would be a different guy every time. Eventually my dorm room became inconvenient, my roommate kept complaining of the different men I was bringing in the room he said it was disturbing. After that I searched for me an apt. around my college that meant I had to get a job. My friend and I whom I went to these underground parties with got an apartment together. It was perfect, now I didn’t have to worry about the guys I brought in and out of my room. I have had threesomes with guys and all, I was having a blast. One day I noticed my roommate and how he had lost almost 15 pounds in a period of 9 month, he started getting these skin scars that wouldn’t heal, and he had had a cold for months. I didn’t realize that he had been doing the same thing I was doing, sleeping with several different men, without protection, four times a week. I told him that we needed to go get tested for HIV/AIDS. He agreed and I began looking up places online. I Found the cheapest price at Any Lab Test Now. They charged $49.00 for a HIV test. We both went and we both choose to be anonymous. They Women assured us that it was confidential and results would be back within 24-48 hours. It was a scary 3 days before she called us and told us that our test results were ready to be picked up. I read my results and they were negative and my friend well his came back positive. I am so happy that I noticed a change in my friends health and choose to go get tested. Next time I wont wait till I notice a change in someone else. I slowed down on the parties and raves and I also started using condoms.

The symptoms of painful intercourse could be described as pain with every penetration, even while putting in a tampon. The pain could be associated with certain partners, or under certain circumstances. It could also be deep pain thrusting,burning pain or aching pain. Most of the pain comes from superficial pain which happens upon penetration.

The causes vary, they cpuld be inadequate lubrication or if you have an injury or irritation, or trauma to the area.Inflammation and infection as well as reactions to certain birth control products could be a leading factor as well.If the pain is deep, then it is normally caused by an illness or certain infections.

You should seek medical advice if you have any of the symptoms. By having the cause treated it could do wonders for your sex life, as well as your emotional intimacy.

The tests that are generally performed are a thorough medical history,pelvic exam, or a pelvic ultrasound. All of these tests help in diagnosing the cause of the pain during intercourse.

Treatment options vary as well. Some of the treatments could be as simple as switching positions, not rushing to the main event, use of lubricants. There also medications that cam be used or even counseling or sex therapy.

I stopped using condoms when I was 15, I mean whats the use? You can’t feel anything. Yeah, I know you are probably thinking he is stupid he can catch an STD. Well, my motto is if you she looks healthy then she must be healthy. That is until I contracted Chlamydia and syphilis from this girl I was having casual sex with. I mean I have had over 20 female partners. I thought I was untouchable, Here is my story.

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It was summer break me an my friends would all hang out at the beach or go over to James’s house. Now that I think about it we were some sex crazed teenagers. One night we over James’s house, his parents were out of town. I had met this girl her name was Andrea. James decided to have a small party, I asked her to bring some friends for my friends, she agreed. Andrea arrived with only one friend and it was 6 of us, she explained that her other friends were away for the summer. We had beer and we were really getting to know one another, but I really wasn’t that interested in getting to know her personally. We started kissing and one thing led to another, she asked if I had a condom and I told her that I did not use condoms, so we continued to have sex. Later that evening I slept with Andrea’s friend. I use to think having unprotected sex was the best. Andrea and I kept in contact for a couple of weeks, but there was nothing more I wanted from here. I started to notice this cloudy discharge coming from my penis, and it smelled funny too. I didn’t know what it was. I figured it would go away on its own, then it started to burn every time I went to the bathroom. I had to know what was wrong,but I did not want my parents or friends to find out. I started searching the internet for symptoms of STD’s. Summer was coming to a close and I needed to find somewhere I could go get tested. I remember my brother talking about this place he went to call Any Lab Test Now. I located the place on the internet and made the call. The lady at Any Lab Test Now said everything would be confidential and results will usually be ready in 24-48 hours. When I arrived I bought the STD Comprehensive panel it tested for everything(HIV, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Herpes simplex 1 and 2, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B and C) I figured that was enough for me I paid $229 for the tests. She simply just drew some blood and collected some urine and sent me on my way.

The next couple of days I was nervous I had been thinking about all the girls that I had slept with over the summer and if any of them had the same problems that I had been experiencing. I was enrolling into a community college when I received a phone call from Any Lab Test Now, she told me my results were ready to pick up. When I arrived I read the results and I was positive for Chlamydia and Syphilis. I was shocked because I thought I was untouchable. I now realized that I am not untouchable, I can contract STD’s just like anyone else. Now I use condoms with every female no questions asked.

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Immediately treating gonorrhea infection helps prevent permanent scarring and infertility. If treatment is delayed there is a great chance of complications and sterility. You can lower your risk of catching an STD by using a condom every time you have sex. More than 700,000 individuals in the US is exposed to gonorrhea every year according to the CDC(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Gonorrhea is most common in the age ranging from 20-24 years old.

• Dallas Herpes Facts & Statistics – Medical research shows North Dallas & Dallas Texas herpes rate is approximately equivalent to national statistics. Young white adults has shown to be the fastest growing demographic over the past 20 years.

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In early stages of the infection, the symptoms may include, fever, headache,swollen lymph glands, and a rash.In the beginning you may not have symptoms but you will still be able to pass the disease on to others. In the later stages of the disease, the first signs are swollen lymph nodes,diarrhea,weight loss,fever and a couch. By the time that AIDS has set in the signs and symptoms may be the following. Soaking night sweats, shaking chills or a fever higher than 100,dry couch, shortness of breath,chronic diarrhea,persistent white spots or unusual lesions on your tongue or in your mouth,headahces, blurred or distorted vision, and weight loss.
This disease is passed a number of different ways and here are just a few of them. Having unprotected sex with an infectious person, through blood transfusion of an infected donor.Through needle sharing, meaning drug needles used by someone who is a carrier of the disease. Just to let you know you cant get the disease by kissing or hugging,dancing or shaking hands. It has to be passed through blood or sexual secretions.
The complications of this disease are that you are more vulnerable to pneumonia, tuberculosis, salmonellosis, hepatitis,herpes and HPV.Also you become more vulnerable to different types of cancer.
Testing for HIV is done using blood or oral mucous, but it isnt accurate sometimes becaus ethe disease takes about 12 weeks for the antibodies to develop and in rare cases it could take up to 6 months.
As of now there is not cure for HIV/AIDS, but there are drugs that suppress the symptoms and reduce the amount of the virus in your blood to very low levels or to the fact of being undetectable. Now that doesnt mean that its gone.Testing will be done at the beginning of treatment and every 3-6 months to see if the meds are lowering the levels of the virus in the blood.
Now when being treated remember to follow your doctor’s guidelines. Get vaccinations for pneumonia and the flu, dont smoke or do any illicit drugs and try your best to eat a healthy diet. Find ways to relax,get plenty of rest.
When receiving this news go out and learn all that you can about the disease to better prepare yourself for the changes.Maintain a strong support system, do what you can to come to terms with the illness. If you have to seek out counseling, there are a vast number of support systems out there to help you through this.

My name is Dallas,   and  this  is my story of how I contracted and STD. One night about 8 yrs ago, I had been out having a few drinks. Well I had met this enticing young woman, we hit it off and things were going rather well. We went back to my place and one thing led to another, we wound up sleeping together that night and several nights after. It was after the fourth or fifth time that I began to notice that it burned when I urinated and underneath the tip of my penis had become enlarged. When I tried to contact the woman, she was no where to be found. Myself being a little stubborn and stupid, thought that it would go away on its own. Now by this time it a couple of weeks had passes and the pain had only gotten worse. 

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It was so bad that I deliberately stopped eating and drinking just so I wouldn’t have to go to the restroom, trust me when I tell you this didn’t help. So after a couple of weeks of pain and burning I broke down and went the  to the doctor.  Now  the next part was the most embarrassing, I had to pull my penis out and show it to the ER doctor, so she could see what was wrong. Then they took a cue tip and swabbed the inside of the penis head to get a specimen. After waiting for a while she came back and said that it was Chlamydia. She asked if I had been having unprotected sex and I told her yes.  I asked should there have been a warning sign during intercourse where I should have known something was wrong? She said that every case is different, well then I began to think back and did remember that during one night it was painful during intercourse. She said that that could have been the night that I contracted the STD. I was horrified, here I was at the age of 23 with my first and hopefully last STD. She said that with medication the symptoms would go away and that I would be fine. From that point on I use a condom every  time that I have intercourse, this was a slap in the face tome because I thought that I was invincible. But, at that age I guess that we all think that. This was the wake up call that I never wanted to get. Yes, it was scary but I have made it a priority in my life now to use a condom every time that I have sex with someone.

Now I know that some of you may be tempted to blame the female in this spot, and at first I did as well. Should she have told me yes, but it was my responsibility to use and carry a condom with me. I look back and at times I do regret it but then I think that it could have been much worse than what it turned out to be and for that I am very thankful for this to have happened when it did.  Let this be a lesson that hopefully you wont have to go through, men always carry a condom. Women don’t take a mans word that he doesn’t have anything, always request that he uses a condom or nothing happens. If you happen to be someone who has an STD, take precautions but please be upfront with anyone that you think you could get sexually involved with. Yes some people are going to walk away from you but there will be those ones who will be okay with it and use the proper protection for themselves and for you as well. Thanks for listening to my story. Hopefully, it will entice you to protect yourself from this sad and embarrassing situation.

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“Being a young, 19 year old girl in a steady relationship, would have never thought that getting an STD could possibly ever happen. I was with my boyfriend for 4 years, and he was the only person I had ever been sexually active with. We had been having sexual relations without using protection for years now. Him and I have an 11 month old son together, who I absolutely adore. After our son was born, I immediately started using birth control, of course. A few months ago, after having sex with my boyfriend, unprotected, everything seemed normal. I never thought twice about getting an STD, or using protection for that matter. A couple of weeks after we slept together, I felt very uncomfortable.. I take alot of baths so at first I figured I had a yeast infection? I called the doctor to make an appointment after the uncomfortable pain became almost unbearable. I had a few days before my appointment, and during that time I had the worst breakout in my vaginal area that I thought was even possible. It was horrible. Immediately I called my boyfriend.. I knew it had to be an STD, I knew he cheated, I knew that I was paying the price for HIS unfaithful actions. After seeing the doctor and having it confirmed that I did in fact have herpes, I felt mortified. I was disgusted with myself, with him, with everything. It hurt the most because I knew this was something that I would have forever. I would have to go through this disgusting pain once a month for the rest of my life. It hurt because I had only been with one person.. I had always thought of STD’s being linked to those people who are constantly changing partners and having more than one at a time.. I was completely depressed about it all. Not everyone has breakouts, and not everyone knows they have this disease..I unfortunately did. After the initial shock went away, a few weeks after my doctor’s visit, I decided that everything happens for a reason. I hope I can help prevent this from happening to anybody else.”