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Hi, I have had HSV1 for 7 years. I get cold sores on my lips now maybe once per year and I have become comfortable with this. I have started to ride my bike a lot as a stress reliever (around 15-20 miles at a time). I have never ridden my bike this much. About 2 weeks ago, I noticed a blister on the side of my index finger between the knuckle and the bendy part of the finger. I figured it was just a blister from all the bike riding. It didn’t start like clusters, there was no significant pain, and I just let it dry out and begin to heal. I haven’t had an oral hsv1 outbreak in over a year. The blister had almost completely healed, except for the very middle. It was all light pink new skin but the middle seemed to have a thicker new dermal layer (not a scab) I picked it and it was new pink skin underneath. So basically, there was no discharge from the healing blister. My question is, do you think this was Herpes Whitlow? I ask because I had totally forgotten about it due to the fact that it had basically healed and masterbated. After the fact, I realized what I had done and now I’m worried I have given myself genital HSV.
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Once a person has well established infection (4 months or more) in one location on their body, they don’t get that same type in a new location on their body. I would feel quite strongly that this is unlikely to be herpetic whitlow and very likely a blister from biking. The same applies to inoculating yourself in a new place (genitals) so I don’t believe that is a concern. Perhaps gloves while riding would be helpful?
Terri
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Again, the same principle applies. Once you have HSV 1 in one location, you are essentially vaccinated against getting it a new location. That applies both to your finger and your genitals.
Terri
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Happy to help.
Terri
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