Herpes is an extremely common condition worldwide and appears to be on the increase. It is equally common in all socioeconomic and racial groups, and in both developed and developing countries.
Dylan is a
very handsome young man who prides himself on his physique. He works out daily and looks like an ad for fitness products. Dylan has worked in the travel industry ever since high school, when he helped out in his parents’ travel agency. He has also been quite sexually active, in a very casual way, since he was sixteen.
When Dylan was 23, shortly before he met his wife, Kathy, he had a little fling — or, to be precise, a one-night stand — with a girl he met at a party. They had both drunk quite a bit and she was on the Pill, so his usual caution was thrown to the wind and no protection was used. About a week later, he felt really under the weather, as though he was coming down with the ’flu. This passed, but then he noticed that he had a weird tingly, burning sensation in his penis. A few days later, blisters appeared on the skin of his penis, all along the shaft, and the light bulb flashed.
Sure enough, the doctor told him he had herpes and gave him a prescription for aciclovir, explaining that the first episode is always the worst and the aciclovir would shorten it and decrease the severity. Even so, the blisters turned to ulcers that sort of ran together, his whole penis felt very raw and the glands in his groin were swollen and sore. He had just begun a new job as a scheduling agent with a major airline and hated to lose any work so soon, but had to take a week off because he couldn’t walk — the pressure of his trousers was agonising!
About three months later, Dylan had a second episode. This one was not half so bad. He had the mild tingling on the penis, but there were only a few blisters and ulcers. His glands didn’t swell at all. This was a relief, because he was away overseas on business and couldn’t afford to lose any time trying to find a doctor in a strange city. Six months later, he felt the tingling, went straight to his own doctor, started the aciclovir and nipped it in the bud. Viagra Australia – www.myviagrainaustralia.com.
It was around this time that he met Kathy. Within a month of starting dating, he realised that this was the woman he wanted to marry. He told her that he’d had a ‘little something’ once, but that it had been treated and wasn’t anything to worry about. They were using condoms religiously and he figured that she was safe.
After a year of serious dating, Kathy and Dylan moved in together. Kathy went on the Pill and they stopped using condoms. Dylan hadn’t had an episode of herpes for so long that he figured he was cured.