October 27, 2017

061: You have already been exposed to herpes with Alexandra Harbushka

10 minutes

Education, exposure and making sure you let people know the facts [video_player type="youtube" style="1" dimensions="560x315" width="560" height="315" align="center" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="20" ipad_color="black"]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9iZ3ZmYUV0cnFWMA==[/video_player] Welcome to our episode today on Life With Herpes. Today we get to call people out on their preconceived notions about herpes. I tell some of my personal stories about how people respond to me when I tell them about my Life With Herpes podcast and business. Here is a really key piece of information for you to remember when you are telling a partner that you have herpes, or it somehow comes up in conversation that you have herpes etc. This is what you need to tell them, “ According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 out of 6 adults have genital herpes. It comes in both forms of HSV1 and HSV2.” Then I proceed to let them know that if they have more than 6 friends who are sexually active than 1 of them has genital herpes. I also proceed to let them know that if they have had sex with more than 6 people then based on statistics you have been exposed to someone who has genital herpes. The World Health Organization says that 67% of them in the world have HSV 1 and 11% have HSV 2. Basically I go on to say that at some point in our life before we actually got herpes we were all exposed to herpes and if you are talking to someone who does not have herpes make sure you share these staggering statistics with them. I got pretty passionate and fired up on this episode and really wanted to the point across. Anyway, let me know if you have additional questions on this topic. Keep in touch with Alexandra Harbushka www.lifewithherpes.com www.instagram.com/alexandraharbushka www.facebook.com/lifewithherpespodcast www.pinterest.com/lifewithherpes Join the community If you are ready to join a community of people who are living with herpes also then you will want to join our slack group. It is FREE and it is a great way to find the support and comfort that you are looking for. Head on over to www.lifewithherpes.com and join our community. You will receive a slack invitation as soon as you sign up. See you in there. Ways you can support the Life With Herpes show And if you enjoyed listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it for you, please give the Life With Herpes show a review. It is a way to pay it forward to fellow friends who are living with herpes. You can Subscribe, Rate and Review the show through your iTunes app or on the desktop. Seriously, it helps out a lot more than it is a hassle for you. You see, iTunes has an algorithm that organically promotes the show, so the more ratings, and reviews the Life With Herpes Show receives then the higher it gets ranked. This is your way of paying it forward and helping someone find the show who really needs it. Oh, and you can totally use a fake name, so don’t worry about a friend finding you on the iTunes review. Talking about herpes needs to be spread as far and wide as possible. You are totally a part of this movement so THANK YOU! Subscribe, Rate and Review More Episode Resources