Chances are you have herpes. You may know it, you may not. Approximately 75% of Americans carry Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) 1 or 2. Now what can you do about it if you DO know you have herpes and want to decrease outbreaks? Dr. Elizabeth Bonet talks about two articles where hypnosis helped decrease outbreaks, pain, and severity of herpes.

Around 75% of Americans carry HSV 1 or HSV 2 somewhere on their body. That virus can (but may not) be transmitted to anysurface of someone else's body, via physical contact. If it does transmit, there's an ~80% chance that they won't recognize any symptoms from the infection. However they, too, will retain the virus for life and be contagious. http://projectaccept.org/straight-dope-herpes-statistics/

Alternatively, estimates say 1 out More than 1 out of every 6 in the US according to a CDC 2017 survey.

http://www.cureresearch.com/g/genital_herpes/stats-country.htm

Studies discussed:

Sol S. Gould Ph.D. & Doreen M. Tisslerz (1984) The Use of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Herpes Simplex II, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 26:3, 171-174, https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1984.10404159

Immunological Markers of Frequently Recurrent Genital Herpes Simplex Virus and Their Response to Hypnotherapy: A Pilot Study; Paul A Fox,Donald C Henderson,Simon E Barton, https://doi.org/10.1258/0956462991913420

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