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Herpes 2 Transmission
I went to a amateur baseball tournament a week and used the same bar of soap and the same towel as someone who has genital herpes. I was under the assumption that a person cannot get herpes simplex 2 unless you are engaged in sexual activities but a buddy of mine disagrees. I'm extremely worried! What is the truth? Thanks.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Your buddy is wrong. Herpes is transmitted by person to person contact, not indirectly and absolutely not by a bar of soap. The soap would have inactivated any virus that it came in contact with. You have nothing to worry about. EWH
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Read the response. that is what is says. EWH
So neither soap nor a towel can transmit HSV 2?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Yes it includes the towel. EWH
Does that include the towel as well?
You are reading content posted in the STDs 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.
