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[Question09]

Hi! Appreciate your help.
I know this question gets asked a lot, but I can’t help but feel contagious to all those that I’m around. I’ve had hsv2 genitally for under a year now. I had a small outbreak on my butt cheeks and when I was at a friends house, used the toilet. Someone went in almost immediately after me. I heard from them a couple weeks later that they had some weird itchy bumps on their lower back. Is transmission possible in this way?

Also around the time I had an outbreak I also had itchy bumps pop up on my stomach and all over my back. Is there any possibility that these are related to my herpes?

[Terri Warren]

So you had an actual outbreak at the time you used their toilet?
In order for someone else to get this, they would have had to have a break in the skin exactly where you were sitting – one does not rub ones genitals across a toilet seat prior to sitting. So it’s all so unlikely.

I don’t think bumps on your stomach or back are related to herpes, no.

Terri

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