STD experts, please help! My cousin called me last night in tears. She's had herpes on her lip for years, but had a bad outbreak where they spread to the base of her nose. She made appt with her doctor but was seen by the nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner absolutely terrorized her by telling her if she gets herpes inside her nostrils they spread straight to her brain, she will get brain damage, "go crazy" and die. She also told her if she touches the open sore and then inside her ear, same thing the herpes will go straight to her brain. I know if you touch an open sore and then your eye it can cause blindness. I've never heard about herpes of the brain. I don't know if she was telling her all this to scare her into being more meticulous with cleansing? I told her to make another appt to talk to her doctor, not the nurse practitioner, which she will do Monday. Any truth/info on herpes of the brain?
2007-10-13
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