Question 1

can you get herpes from sharing underwear?

Accepted Answer

No...: ...Unless the underwear is saturated with bodily fluids, which would be really gross. There is no evidence that the herpes virus survives on clothing or other inert objects long enough to transmit infection. Skin-to-skin contact, or contact with fresh bodily fluids, are the only known means of transmission.

Question 2

can you get herpes from sharing underwear with someone else?

Accepted Answer

Herpes simplex: This would be very uncommon. If one person had active herpetic lesions, took off their underwear and you put them on immediately it is conceivable that it would be communicated in this manner.

Question 3

can you get hsv 1 genital herpes from sharing underwear?

Accepted Answer

Herpes simplex: Very unlikely and for all intensive purposes it would be close to a first.

Question 4

can you contract herpes through sharing underwear?

Accepted Answer

No risk, no worries: Of course another person&#x27;s underwear should be laundered before wearing. But maybe you accidentally used a roommate&#x27;s panties instead of your own? But still no risk; genital herpes has never been known (or even suspected) to be transmitted by clothing, even if the other person had an active outbreak of GH. It is caught only by sex with infected partner. Don&#x27;t worry about it.

Question 5

if you wore someone's clean underwear can you get herpes?

Accepted Answer

Herpes transmission: requires contact with the lesions of an active outbreak. Contracting herpes in the scenario you suggest is highly unlikely. Hope this helps!

Question 6

can you get herpes from touching a handle in a port o potty and then touching your underwear?

Accepted Answer

HSV: Herpes viruses can be transmitted by direct inoculation particularly if there is a break in the skin of the recipient.   There may alternative points of view from other physicians

Question 7

online a selling for used underwear (specifically thongs) that had been worn before in good used condition ive never had used underwear before & wont again. i washed, but could i get herpes from wearing previously worn thongs by an unknown person?

Accepted Answer

: That is very unlikely since the thong would have been washed. However, stick to new underwear and remember that the risk for vaginal infections increase with thong wearers when they remain in place for several hours as they pick up bacteria from the anal area and transfer it to the vagina. In my practice, I often tell thong wearing patients with repeat infections, "Don't be a 'crack' addict."

Question 8

i touched worn underwear n i have open wounds but i washed my hands. will i get this persons herpes please help im spiralling?

Accepted Answer

: No risk at all. Herpes viruses are not transmitted by contact with their clothing, or with anything in their environment. You also cannot get it by sharing an infected person's toilet, shower, towels, eating utensils, etc. The only way you can catch it is by kissing, oral sex, or intercourse with an infected person.

Question 9

if someone with genital herpes wears some underwear, and then washes them in the laundry, but someone else wears them after, can that individual get herpes?

Accepted Answer

: If the washing involves using the usual washing machine and detergent-then no

Question 10

i touched someones worn underwear n theyve just had a shower n they been laying there but i picked them up thinking they were mine n i have open cuts will i get their herpes, ive washed my hands and everything but i cant get rid of this thought?

Accepted Answer

: You are not going to get genital herpes on your hands or randomly pass it to your other body surfaces. The germ is not passed like simple skin germs staph or strep.

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Online a selling for used underwear (specifically thongs) that had been worn before in good used condition ive never had used underwear before & wont again. i washed, but could i get herpes from wearing previously worn thongs by an unknown person?

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I touched worn underwear n i have open wounds but i washed my hands. will i get this persons herpes please help im spiralling?

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If someone with genital herpes wears some underwear, and then washes them in the laundry, but someone else wears them after, can that individual get herpes?

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I touched someones worn underwear n theyve just had a shower n they been laying there but i picked them up thinking they were mine n i have open cuts will i get their herpes, ive washed my hands and everything but i cant get rid of this thought?

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