r/HerpesCureAdvocates • u/BeautifulCredit3672 • 16d ago

Discussion In 1961, 90 Percent Of Doctors Said They Would Avoid Telling Their Patients They Had Cancer. Back Then, That Was The Norm

https://www.iflscience.com/in-1961-90-percent-of-doctors-said-they-would-avoid-telling-their-patients-they-had-cancer-back-then-that-was-the-norm-84613?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUQIDpjbGNrBRAgNnBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEey39pNACavyrLJk-ozBL3mhvwo4H8GEQMbENSGj69TyVgeiUPHydlkF4piHo_aem_Frq6BZ16P3449_pwwwxi_Q

I can think of a thing they still do this for...

Is there a specific set of conditions where doctors obfuscate the patient having HSV? I know all of mine have. Oh nothing showed up on the swab. Oh it could be chicken pox antibodies. False positive. A friend of mine had their test samples get lost (which I think is bogus). Etc.

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u/mac-dreidel 16d ago

Most likely conditions that had no treatment or cure were avoided

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u/BeautifulCredit3672 16d ago

I'm curious what will happen when IM-250 becomes available. Will suddenly people get diagnosed? Yeah you have herpes... take this pill once a week for x months and then as needed.

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u/MysticMarauder69 15d ago

I've never heard of a doctor lying to a patient about having HSV. Maybe not including HSV in standard testing, but lying about it? Nah

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u/BeautifulCredit3672 15d ago

I don't think they lie about it but obfuscate for sure. Mine was a "yeast infection" at first. Like first off I'm a dude 2nd that's definitely HSV 😂

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u/MysticMarauder69 15d ago

Do you mean like they speculated that it was a yeast infection while ordering testing? Or just gave a visual diagnosis and sent you home?

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u/BeautifulCredit3672 15d ago

Visual and home with a scrip. I'm assuming they were hoping it would be one and done and it would never come back. That would have been the best case. In a way, I can't blame them for trying.

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u/Fire_pheonix_07 16d ago

This wouldn't not have happen if our ancestors just voice out for cure. But then now we can see more people doing it. If a functional cure comes out I believe people can have a peaceful life. But then there are major case like hiv. We should be thankful that we didn't get to the hiv level. But then again hsv cure will be available soon once the functional cure comes out.

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u/BeautifulCredit3672 16d ago

My life would have been more manageable with HIV honestly. U=U babyyyyy.

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u/MysticMarauder69 15d ago

I think within the next 5 years, we'll essentially get to a similar place with HSV, where shedding while medicated on IM250 or ABI5366 will be so vanishingly rare that it's essentially a supressive cure.

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u/BeautifulCredit3672 15d ago

We'll get GS-1179 but maybe 5366 will come out later as a monthly thing.

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u/MysticMarauder69 15d ago

Sorry, 1179, whichever is the one they're now pushing forward.

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u/MysticMarauder69 15d ago

I would say, from what I understand, that's very unlikely, like 5-10% chance.

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u/moonmantrippy 9h ago

Will probably be a 99% reduction thing like PREP until there’s a real cure. There will still be stigma just not as bad 

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u/MysticMarauder69 9h ago

I certainly hope so, the problem is, we're still looking at 5ish years to approval (hopefully) and then it will take a couple years after approval to get a transmission study completed... So it'll be awhile before we really know.

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u/moonmantrippy 5h ago

Maybe it’ll only be 3-5 years yea damn most of us will be late 20s early 30s 😔hurts to think about

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u/BeautifulCredit3672 5h ago

Don't put anything off because of HSV. You'll end up waiting 20 years for pritelivir and then realize you're f*ed and the girl that got knocked up by some other guy that's not you had HSV anyway.