In recent years, I’ve noticed something interesting about one aciclovir pill. If I had a bad night’s sleep, a particularly stressful day, or some other event that had triggered outbreaks in the past, I would occasionally take a single 400 mg or 800 mg dose of aciclovir. More often than not, the outbreak never seemed to develop.
Continue reading Could one tablet prevent an outbreak?The biggest perk of this job by far is making a difference in people’s lives and giving people the tools to reclaim their confidence and their sex lives. Occasionally, people who call us in a state of anxiety about telling a partner ring us back to let us know how it went (something we encourage, we love a happy ending) but for the first time yesterday I had a two-for-one.
Continue reading Two-for-one! A story about sex livesBy Cameron Poole
Since stupidity, division, snobbery and general unpleasantness continue to thrive among us humans, one might argue that stigma doesn’t need challenging. It fits very well into modern society sitting comfortably somewhere between babyishness and insecurity as a normal human behaviour.
Stigma is primarily defined as ‘A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person’. It does not say if the mark of disgrace in question is in any way justified or rational.
The human condition
Perhaps one of the biggest flaws of the human condition is this silly need to separate ourselves from others so as to feel superior. It is something we may all have been guilty of at some point or another. It makes us feel better at the expense of others, and in the purest examples it provides comfort to those with little to feel proud about themselves.
Continue reading Stigma: who benefits?
Lidocaine 5% is handed out in some Sexual Health Clinics. It is a topical anaesthetic – it numbs the pain or itch.
Phone the HVA office, 020 7607 9661, to find out how to get it.
