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Herpes?
Hello Doctor,
Recently I had an incident in which I engaged in dry humping with my boxers and my shorts on with a girl that had on bikini bottoms. The female in question is hsv 2 positive. Not only did I engage in dry humping but I also rubbed her vagina with the bikini bottoms on. After the incident I could see some secretions or maybe sweat on my pants. We were grinding pretty hard and a patch of skin was very irritated and chaffed on my penis. I was wonder if her secretions could get into my skin and give me an STD? Also I developed a pink spot on my finger a few days after the incident. I put a band aid on my finger to protect from possible spreading hsv 2 to others if in fact this was hsv 2. I wore these band aids for a couple of days and went swimming, after swimming I took off the band aid and I had a my skin was peeling over the pink spot. I removed the peeling skin and now my finger is all red. Is it possible to get hsv 2 on my finger if it rubbed on her upper thigh since that would be an exposed skin to skin contact since she only had bikini bottoms on. I know this is not the typically case of herpes sore, but does this sound like it could be herpes? Also if I did get hsv 2 on my hand would I have to worry about spreading this to others via genital to genital contact.
Thank you
Recently I had an incident in which I engaged in dry humping with my boxers and my shorts on with a girl that had on bikini bottoms. The female in question is hsv 2 positive. Not only did I engage in dry humping but I also rubbed her vagina with the bikini bottoms on. After the incident I could see some secretions or maybe sweat on my pants. We were grinding pretty hard and a patch of skin was very irritated and chaffed on my penis. I was wonder if her secretions could get into my skin and give me an STD? Also I developed a pink spot on my finger a few days after the incident. I put a band aid on my finger to protect from possible spreading hsv 2 to others if in fact this was hsv 2. I wore these band aids for a couple of days and went swimming, after swimming I took off the band aid and I had a my skin was peeling over the pink spot. I removed the peeling skin and now my finger is all red. Is it possible to get hsv 2 on my finger if it rubbed on her upper thigh since that would be an exposed skin to skin contact since she only had bikini bottoms on. I know this is not the typically case of herpes sore, but does this sound like it could be herpes? Also if I did get hsv 2 on my hand would I have to worry about spreading this to others via genital to genital contact.
Thank you
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I strongly recommend that you stay away from "what if" questions in relation to something you almost certainly do not have. It seems like pointless speculation that will mostly just inflame your anxieties. But since you ask, here goes:
Simple touching rarely transmits HSV; typically the virus has to be "massaged" into the exposed area. That's why french kissing is more likely to transmit oral herpes than a brief social kiss, and why initial genital herpes lesions usually are at the places that receive most friction during sex, like the head of the penis or vaginal opening, and not the scrotum or groin. The same would apply for herpes of the finger.
There are no data by which to predict the presence of the virus in the absence of symptoms in this circumstance. Probably very low risk, perhaps none. But that's only an educated guess.
If and when you see a health care provider and can report his or her opinion, or if you have a diagnostic test for HSV, I'll be happy to comment one last time. But not until then.
Simple touching rarely transmits HSV; typically the virus has to be "massaged" into the exposed area. That's why french kissing is more likely to transmit oral herpes than a brief social kiss, and why initial genital herpes lesions usually are at the places that receive most friction during sex, like the head of the penis or vaginal opening, and not the scrotum or groin. The same would apply for herpes of the finger.
There are no data by which to predict the presence of the virus in the absence of symptoms in this circumstance. Probably very low risk, perhaps none. But that's only an educated guess.
If and when you see a health care provider and can report his or her opinion, or if you have a diagnostic test for HSV, I'll be happy to comment one last time. But not until then.
Thank you Dr.
If I do have herpes on my finger could I give it to others by touching them and if so is it also transferable if no lesion is present. (ie shedding)
If I do have herpes on my finger could I give it to others by touching them and if so is it also transferable if no lesion is present. (ie shedding)
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum. You can relax. There is no chance you caught herpes or any other STD. Something else is causing your symptoms.
Nobody gets STDs through clothing and rarely if ever by fingering. Even with entirely unprotected vaginal sex (i.e., no condom) if one partner has genital herpes, the average transmission risk is somewhere around once for every several hundred to 1,000 exposures. So what can it possibly be when there was no penetration and clothes were present as a barrier? If you want 100% reassurance, I cannot give it -- weird things happen, and I can imagine that if your not-quite-sex partner's genital herpes were active, the virus could have inoculated the "burn" that occurred on your penis from rubbing on your clothes. But I also cannot guarantee you won't be hit by lightning someday -- and the odds probably are about the same (probably higher for the lightning).
As for your finger lesion, herpes doesn't cause just superfical rawness followed by peeling skin. It would have caused one or more blister-like lesions. Here again, I can't judge what the lesion would have looked like under the bandaid -- but again the chance it's herpes is too low to be of concern.
HSV doesn't travel through the body; it remains at the site(s) where it initially enters the body. In the far-out chance you had herpes of your finger, you would not have genital herpes and could not transmit it by genital contact -- only by your infected finger.
If someday you get a new blister/sore of your finger or in the genital area, of course see a provider to check it out. But neither of these is likely to happen, and in the meantime I would just let this go. You don't have herpes.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Nobody gets STDs through clothing and rarely if ever by fingering. Even with entirely unprotected vaginal sex (i.e., no condom) if one partner has genital herpes, the average transmission risk is somewhere around once for every several hundred to 1,000 exposures. So what can it possibly be when there was no penetration and clothes were present as a barrier? If you want 100% reassurance, I cannot give it -- weird things happen, and I can imagine that if your not-quite-sex partner's genital herpes were active, the virus could have inoculated the "burn" that occurred on your penis from rubbing on your clothes. But I also cannot guarantee you won't be hit by lightning someday -- and the odds probably are about the same (probably higher for the lightning).
As for your finger lesion, herpes doesn't cause just superfical rawness followed by peeling skin. It would have caused one or more blister-like lesions. Here again, I can't judge what the lesion would have looked like under the bandaid -- but again the chance it's herpes is too low to be of concern.
HSV doesn't travel through the body; it remains at the site(s) where it initially enters the body. In the far-out chance you had herpes of your finger, you would not have genital herpes and could not transmit it by genital contact -- only by your infected finger.
If someday you get a new blister/sore of your finger or in the genital area, of course see a provider to check it out. But neither of these is likely to happen, and in the meantime I would just let this go. You don't have herpes.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
