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Diagnosing and Managing Genital Herpes: Two-Part Podcast Episode

In this two-part episode of ASHA’s Sex+Health podcast, Terri Warren, RN, ANP—nurse, author, and owner of Westover Heights Clinic in Portland, Oregon that specializes in the genital herpes infection—explains the tests that can provide an accurate genital herpes diagnosis and how they work and clarifies that a physical exam alone should never be the final diagnosis for anyone, for many reasons. She also discusses the importance of knowing herpes type and offers helpful insight into how to put a herpes infection into proper perspective.

The Conversation Badge

This social media tool is a visual tool to help start a conversation about STIs and sexual wellness without the stigma. The badge acts as a digital conversation starter for dating apps. By adding it to a dating profile, it is acknowledging sexual health as the important topic it is.