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Transmission of genital herpes

Dear doctor, I have genital herpes, I want you to answer:
1 HSV-2 genital herpes will pass the underwear, towels, bed sheets and other things spread to family?
2 must be each other's genitals with my HSV-2 genital herpes direct contact will be contagious? For example, their hands broken, contact the wound to the genital herpes, can be infected?
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How were you confirmed as having genital herpes? What were the results of the tests.

You are asking the same questions again. I'm not sure how we overcome your fears around genital herpes.

The virus will not spread owing to contact with objects such as sheets and towels that have come into contact with you. Sexual contact is the only practical way to spread genital herpes.
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No genital herpes only impacts your genital area. This is broadly the part that is covered by a pair of boxer style shorts.

With such an infection you are not at all infectious outside of this region at all. Mouth, hands, arms etc.

I very much doubt you even have genital herpes, please get the correct testing.
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Finally ask, genital herpes, in the legs, hands or something?
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Finally ask, genital herpes, in the legs, hands or something?
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If you have never had an outbreak and have only tested positive with an IgM test, then you have not been diagnosed with herpes at all.

Seek an IgG test, type specific for HSV1 and HSV2.
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I don't even know how it is spread, because most of the doctors here have been on this disease is not professional, they even told me to be careful daily shared objects spread to 3 years old children, which caused my panic. I remember you told me, do not contact with genital herpes will not be infected, but I heard that HSV-2 genital herpes can grow in the genital peripheral, such as the abdomen, thigh, or even a hand, I cannot judge the authenticity of the news, so I feel I can't ensure that the child is not in direct contact with genital herpes, I don't even know contact specifically refers to what, it sounds ridiculous and ignorance, but most people in China know about genital herpes really only stay at this level.
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Sorry, doctor, I apologize for repeated questioning my. My doctor told me, as long as I found no bubble and ulcer can be sure I did not infected with genital herpes, but I doubt it, because I heard that genital bleb has a lot of people with no typical symptoms, for a long time did not know they are infected with genital herpes. The hospital can only test IGM me, I heard that this test is not significant, so I cannot pass the inspection confirmed or excluded, I can only assume that they have been infected with genital herpes, come here to seek help, lest infect the child.
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