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Herpes Test?
I am currently pregnant so when I got tested for STD'S and other diseases, I also requested a herpes simplex test. The doctor told me that I tested negative for ever having herpes simplex. Should I get retested and ask for a type specific test? Also, not long after my test (I am a health care provider), I held a woman's hand as to help her walk. She never bathes or washes period. Anywhere. I have badly dry, cracked, hands that sometimes bleed. Could I in ANY way have contracted herpes this way? Thank you for any help. I have severe OCD/Anxiety if you can't tell. Thank you so much!
Ah yes I love that foam stuff! I think it's got way more moisturizer in it! Mine are awful from doing dishes and washing them lol! Like probably the worst hands anyone has ever seen! Shew lol! But I've started wearing gloves so Ill definitely do the lotion thing with it. So you dont think doing some of those dirty things i mentioned above would give me herpes or anythingn through my hands with them being this way? I never though about it til recently and I don't know what even brought it through my head lol. Thanks so much for all your help :)!
if you have to do patients dishes as a home health aid, I'd wear those dish washing gloves to protect your hands. I know hand washing dishes really makes my hands get awful :( put one a layer of hand lotion, slip on the gloves and do the dishes and the heat of the water will help the lotion absorb to make your hands soft :)
no risk of contracting herpes from touching objects.
we switched to a foam soap and foam hand sanitizer where I work and it helped my hands a lot. still get bad in the winter though..ick. would love to have nice soft touchable hands that people want to shake....lol
no risk of contracting herpes from touching objects.
we switched to a foam soap and foam hand sanitizer where I work and it helped my hands a lot. still get bad in the winter though..ick. would love to have nice soft touchable hands that people want to shake....lol
Thats what I've been told is the main risk is probably staph :( blah. I think antibacterial soap is the problem! And yes got to keep making that money lol!
Possibly dishes too? And with these hands inanimate objects is still a no correct? Even if a patient touches a sore to an object? Thank you so much for all your help? Meant to add this to the first paragraph but my computer is screwing up!
herpes whitlow would be the least of my concerns to be honest :)
I've had several coworkers who had to change soaps once they had some basic allergy testing done. it's worth the consult with the dermatologist. icky hands aren't attractive and the open wounds are a health risk for you. you don't need a staph infection on your hands that would keep you from working :(
I've had several coworkers who had to change soaps once they had some basic allergy testing done. it's worth the consult with the dermatologist. icky hands aren't attractive and the open wounds are a health risk for you. you don't need a staph infection on your hands that would keep you from working :(
Not really confusing I just feel like kicking myself haha. From so much hand washing from pregnancy anxiety my hands bleed constantly, yuck I know. But that's why I'm so concerned, I bathed a patient with these hands without gloves, and held hands with to help walk, cleaned bathrooms, and done laundry, not knowing if i touched a sore with these hands and possibly got whitlow, or got whitlow from laundry or bathrooms without wearing gloves. Not sure what else I dont without gloves in the beginning of this job just tryin not to offend my patients ya know. So has me paranoid for myself and baby. And lord knows waiting three months for a test is just whew lol.
if your hands are always raw and bleeding, see a dermatologist. well worth it to see if you have an allergy contributing to it as well as they have some good lotions and potions to try too.
when you have cracked, bleeding hands, gloves should be worn for patient contact to protect them as well as yourself. just dry hands that feel like sandpaper isn't an issue but actual cracks and bleeding is a general infection risk.
if a patient has an active herpes sore, wear gloves to touch their genital area. same as active cold sores, wear gloves to to do mouth care.
hope this isn't confusing you even more!
when you have cracked, bleeding hands, gloves should be worn for patient contact to protect them as well as yourself. just dry hands that feel like sandpaper isn't an issue but actual cracks and bleeding is a general infection risk.
if a patient has an active herpes sore, wear gloves to touch their genital area. same as active cold sores, wear gloves to to do mouth care.
hope this isn't confusing you even more!
I hate to be a pester when I know you have more important things to do, this is just the only place i can get direct answers and relief haha. I'm just worried about coming in contact with a patient who possibly had a herpetic sore and her hands and I held her hand with open cuts and raw hands. And though I love my patients, the one I bathed without gloves wouldn't worry me so bad if my hands werent always so raw and bleeding. So any possible herpetic transmission to my hands here? And even with an active herpes sore anywhere the virus cannot be transmitted to inanimate objects such as furniture, knobs, handles, etc. correct? Cause I also clean, and I feel like with my hands being torn open constantly I should have taken more precautions earlier on. Thanks grace! These are the last questions I have!
so the open wound to herpes sore or any other situation was a risk with bleeding hands? and ill leave you alone lol?
you can keep purell in your bag and take it in with you. explain to pt's that it's to protect them and yourself :)
we are not responsible for the way hormones make us think when preggers ....he he he
we are not responsible for the way hormones make us think when preggers ....he he he
Well spoken :) loved that! I just don't always have access to water for handwashing in homes until I'm home and I feel like I contaminate everything I touch until I get to my sink at home :( sounds ignorant I know. Pregnancy anxiety I suppose :/.
I never wear gloves when giving a bath to patients. the soap and water you are using is plenty enough to protect you.
you wash your hands a ton when caring for patients, really nothing to be afraid of!
the healing power of touch is very real and very important to patients. wearing gloves for simple touching is a barrier that takes away from that.
you wash your hands a ton when caring for patients, really nothing to be afraid of!
the healing power of touch is very real and very important to patients. wearing gloves for simple touching is a barrier that takes away from that.
Its just like when I was worried about holding that patients had because she may of had a herpetic whitlow sore and my hands are so raw and bleed a lot due to ab soap and when I first started my job I washed a woman without gloves everywhere. And just some of the homes ive touched dirty objects without gloves with my poor bleeding hands. These situations have me concerned because I know so little.
the type of herpes depends on what type they have. gloves will protect you even with an open wound.
Even if I have an open wound and accidently or unknowingly touch herpes sore to that wound? Whether it be herpes 1/2/or whitlow?
unless you are having sex with your patients, you won't contract genital herpes. wear gloves when you touch their genital area, no risk of herpes on your hands either.
Grace, please don't get to frustrated at me with this question lol! I was wondering, since after I have the baby I will be going back into the health field, what ways would I be more likely to contract herpes or any other type of viral infections so I will know more on how to take precautions? If I have an open wound on my hand what would be the chances I would contract herpes from someones herpetic sore coming in contact with that open wound? Thank you for any help :)! Youre the only real help to me, all these other sites just make a body paranoid lol!
Well I appreciate it :)! It seems so many people know so little, so I'm grateful there are people out there like you to inform others, like myself :)!
you'll learn by asking questions and then you'll be able to share the info you learned with others at some point :)
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