Apparently because I had the chicken pox as a child, a ticking time bomb went off at 27 while buying my first house (STRESS) and I came down with the shingles. They suck man.
Sidenote: nice to see Adrienne Baptiste posting, you are gorgeous.
About 20% of women have HSV2 in the general population. More common in women than men:Great article! I will be reading further into this while bathing and sipping a glass of wine later tonight.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfac...s-detailed.htm
Knowing that the rate would be higher in the sex worker community, I did a google search and found many studies, including the following:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870498/
This study was done on sex workers in London. I thought that practices in London and Dallas would be relatively similar (having hobbied in both), meaning that mostly condoms would be used. In some other studies (for example done in some African countries), HSV2 rates in sex workers are found to be in the 90% range, but that would not be representative of Dallas, I believe.
And as the OP states, longer time in sex work is associated with higher rates, as common sense would indicate. 60% is an average number over all subjects studied. 74% of workers who have been in the business 3+ years:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti.../table/tab003/ Originally Posted by zzzyyy
First, I want to remind everyone of ECCIE guideline #16: "Speculating about another person's medical condition is strictly forbidden."Huh?
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Second, Don't believe anyone who who replies to this thread with "not me"... If they feel that strong of a need to deny this without having been directly accused, they probably do have herpes. Originally Posted by bengay
Apparently because I had the chicken pox as a child, a ticking time bomb went off at 27 while buying my first house (STRESS) and I came down with the shingles. They suck man.It's nice to see a wonderful gent here as well. Thank you darling!
Sidenote: nice to see Adrienne Baptiste posting, you are gorgeous. Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy