How to Use herpes in a Sentence

herpes

noun
  • There is so much more to life and love than your herpes status.
    — Ashley Cobb, Essence, 28 May 2021
  • Like a train along a track, herpes rides down tiny fibers in our nerve endings.
    — USA Today, 23 May 2022
  • As with some of the blood tests, though, this sampling test still won't tell you what type of herpes virus is present.
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Herpes type 1 or oral herpes is a virus that causes painful cold sores on your mouth and lips.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 16 Jan. 2020
  • This is because there is no cure for herpes, though there is treatment to manage the symptoms.
    — Amy Marturana, SELF, 28 Dec. 2018
  • One such recent claim connects the shot with herpes infection.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • The doctor sent him home with Valtrex, an antiviral drug used to treat herpes.
    — Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The singer has also been accused of knowingly passing herpes on to at least two of his partners.
    — Jim Derogatis, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2021
  • And more than ever before, herpes, or HSV, doesn’t have to change your life.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Your doctor could take a blood sample to look for the presence of herpes antibodies.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, SELF, 10 May 2019
  • The rash can appear similar to syphilis and herpes, which are far more common than monkeypox.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
  • But many people may have transient but detectable levels of human herpes virus that don’t cause symptoms.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 13 July 2021
  • My research tells me herpes CAN lie dormant for years without a flare-up.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Acyclovir is a type of antiviral used to treat chickenpox, herpes and shingles.
    — Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • They were also tested for other viruses such as dengue, chikungunya and herpes.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Jackson said there aren't many parasites that would cause symptoms similar to herpes.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2021
  • This leads to the biggest row of the episode, which will pop up over and over again like the case of herpes that Bimini wears down the runway.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
  • There’s a whole suite of antibiotics, from azithromycin to tobramycin, plus valacyclovir, for treating viruses like herpes.
    — Troy Farah, Ars Technica, 8 June 2020
  • On Friday morning, a woman who accused Kelly of giving her herpes took the stand.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Isaacs said doctors can sometimes miss a monkeypox case because the rash looks similar to chickenpox, syphilis or herpes.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 21 May 2022
  • Lipkin, who took part in the study, also worked on research published earlier this year linking herpes infections with autism.
    — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 13 June 2017
  • In the comments, people reportedly asked whether that was appropriate in light of the herpes rumor.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 15 Jan. 2022
  • According to Johns Hopkins, 50% to 80% of adults have oral herpes.
    — Lindsey Ellefson, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Scientists warned the Australian government not to release carp herpes into wild lakes.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Some of the more familiar antivirals are those developed to treat herpes, HIV and the flu.
    — Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • There is no cure for herpes, but antiviral medicines can help to reduce the severity and duration of outbreaks of both oral and genital herpes.
    — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018
  • In the next few months, Barstool published dozens of tweets, videos and blog posts accusing the actor of being racist, having herpes and stalking his ex-girlfriend.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Epstein-Barr and its cousins, including the viruses that cause chickenpox and herpes, can hibernate inside your cells for decades.
    — Liz Szabo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
  • But there are prophylactics and antivirals that reduce the duration of herpes outbreaks and lower the risk of transmitting the virus.
    — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • In some cases, these infections also can spread through skin-to-skin intimate contact, as with herpes and HPV.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022

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