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genital herpes HSV2
ı have genital herpes for 2 years.. after using restroom I wash my hands may be 3 maybe 4 minutes..
my question is , during herpes outbreak , when I touch it by my hand , can I just wash my hands by water is enough??
This virus is easy to die on air? or should I use soap also? This virus is easy to die on air on my hand? I really fear to transmıt herpes to my eyes or my lips...
How should ı wash my hands? please help.. thanks so much
my question is , during herpes outbreak , when I touch it by my hand , can I just wash my hands by water is enough??
This virus is easy to die on air? or should I use soap also? This virus is easy to die on air on my hand? I really fear to transmıt herpes to my eyes or my lips...
How should ı wash my hands? please help.. thanks so much
Say somoene is new to herpes had it for 3 months touch a outbreak with a cut on the hand and there's no way to avoid touching the outbreak with the cut can this pass into the finger with a cut?
Plan55: HSV is not transmitted by such contact.
mm333: I see no reason to repeat what I already wrote.
mm333: I see no reason to repeat what I already wrote.
thanks a lot for your answer...So you mean that i can not transmit herpes virus from my genital area to my mouth or my eyes by my hand right ??(eventhough i forget to wash my hands) ??
How easy would it be to transfer it to someone else from the hand then? Say I touched a outbreak and then did not wash my hands and then shook someone's hands or picked up my son? Could they possibly get it? Lets say the had a cut on their hand or something?
Patience, patience! This is a community forum with mostly nonprofessional volunteers, not a 24/7 service.
Self-infection of a new body area with HSV (the medical term is autoinoculation) sometimes occurs during the initial infection, but it doesn't occur (or only very rarely) in people with longstanding, recurrent herpes. The immune system prevents it and you probably couldn't transfer your genital infection to another area even if you tried. Common sense hygiene makes sense -- every person should wash their hands after using the toilet or handling their genitals. But if you forget from time to time, it is still very unlikely you will autoinoculate yourself.
Washing after toilet is primarily intended to protect other persons, with no important benefit for your own health, regarding herpes or anythin else. 3-4 minutes of washing is seriously overdoing it. A thorough but quick (e.g. 10 second) soap and water wash is sufficient.
Self-infection of a new body area with HSV (the medical term is autoinoculation) sometimes occurs during the initial infection, but it doesn't occur (or only very rarely) in people with longstanding, recurrent herpes. The immune system prevents it and you probably couldn't transfer your genital infection to another area even if you tried. Common sense hygiene makes sense -- every person should wash their hands after using the toilet or handling their genitals. But if you forget from time to time, it is still very unlikely you will autoinoculate yourself.
Washing after toilet is primarily intended to protect other persons, with no important benefit for your own health, regarding herpes or anythin else. 3-4 minutes of washing is seriously overdoing it. A thorough but quick (e.g. 10 second) soap and water wash is sufficient.
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