Terri Warren - The Good News About the Bad News: Herpes: Everything You Need to Know

Im pleased to have the opportunity to introduce this book. While I was reviewing the manuscript for scientific accuracy and medical completeness, I was struck by Terris ability to accurately educate her readers about herpes infection while reassuring her audience they would have full and satisfying lives in spite of having herpes. I think this book will be very useful both to people who have herpes and to those who are concerned about herpes in partners or loved ones.

Terri has done an outstanding job of making the book readable for the layperson but thorough enough to be a valuable resource for professionals, whether they are medical clinicians or counselors. As a physician and herpes researcher, I find it difficult to put myself in the position of the layperson trying to understand this infection for the first time, but Im confident that the books down-to-earth style and well-defined concepts will make it a very accessible resource that readers will pick up again and again. Terri has taken concepts that will certainly be confusing to many people (like asymptomatic shedding of the herpes virus) and explained them in ways that nonmedical and medical people alike can understand. I hope providers who counsel clients with herpes will take note of her approach to these complex topics and use this style in their everyday practice.

Armed with the knowledge gained from this compassionate book, readers with herpes will be reassured that they can cope with their condition, and herpes will take its appropriate role as one of those issues in life that is challenging but can be managed successfully.

Kenneth H. Fife, MD, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine

Publishers Note

Care has been taken to confirm the accuracy of the information presented and to describe generally accepted practices. However, the authors, editors, and publisher are not responsible for errors or omissions or for any consequences from application of the information in this book and make no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the contents of the publication.

The authors, editors, and publisher have exerted every effort to ensure that any drug selection and dosage set forth in this text are in accordance with current recommendations and practice at the time of publication. However, in view of ongoing research, changes in government regulations, and the constant flow of information relating to drug therapy and drug reactions, the reader is urged to check the package insert for each drug for any change in indications and dosage and for added warnings and precautions. This is particularly important when the recommended agent is a new or infrequently employed drug.

Some drugs and medical devices presented in this publication may have Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for limited use in restricted research settings. It is the responsibility of the health care provider to ascertain the FDA status of each drug or device planned for use in their clinical practice.

Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books

Copyright 2009 by Terri Warren

New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

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Acquired by Melissa Kirk; Cover design by Amy Shoup

Edited by Nelda Street; Text design by Tracy Marie Carlson

Epub ISBN: 9781608825622

The Library of Congress has Cataloged the Print Edition as:

Warren, Terri.

The good news about the bad news : herpes, everything you need to know / Terri Warren.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-13: 978-1-57224-618-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-57224-618-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Herpesvirus diseases--Popular works. I. Title.

QR201.H48W37 2009

616.9112--dc22

2009007492