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hsv2 survival
I posed a question in the herpes community and got an answer, but I would like a more in depth explanation to better calm myself. Could a tube a bacitracin used on a sore carry and hold the virus for months? How would it survive?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No.
This is my last post on this thread.
Terri
This is my last post on this thread.
Terri
this saturday I got a severe cut on my finger and used the tube to experiment. I am getting arthitis like pain shooting up my arm and all my digits are have been itching since yesterday. the finger I applied it to is tingling constantly. there is also pain in my wrist. could this be whitlow? could I have the magic situation in this tube where the hsv did survive?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Not at all
Terri
Terri
I originally used the tube to help heal a tattoo - would this change the circumstance and your opinion?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No, I don't believe that a tube of bacitracin would carry the herpes virus for months. There is some evidence to suggest that herpes virus could stay alive for a few hours if on a warm, moist environmental surface, but not a tube of anything for months. I'm not clear why anyone would use an antibiotic cream on a viral cold sore, either, but that's a different story completely. The herpes virus needs cells in which to live and there would be no support for the virus in the circumstance that you describe.
Terri
Terri
You are reading content posted in the Herpes Forum
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.
