Q: Can you get herpes from a tiny spec of urine? let me explain. so i work in a hospital setting and while i was changing a catheter, a tiny spec of urine flicked my lip (i am assuming it was urine). i washed it with soap and water the second it happened. he

Herpes isn't transmitted so easily. Usually the virus has to be massaged into exposed tissues, which is why initial genital herpes usually involves areas that receive maximum friction during sex. Also, urine inactivates most bacteria and viruses and rarely if ever transmits any STD. If you remain concerned, discuss with your hospital's infection control personnel. But truly, herpes isn't a risk.

Question 1

Can you get herpes from urine? if it gets around your vagina

Accepted Answer

Anything is possible, but herpes genetalis is a sexually transmitted disease and usually requires direct contact skin to skin.  It can of course be transmitted by oral sex as well.

Question 2

Can you get herpes from urine? i was at the movies & i didn't notice the urine on the seat i didn't sit but i think some may have gotten on my toilet paper when i went to wipe blood from my vagina since i was on my period. can i get herpies like that? i'm

Accepted Answer

Herpes is sexually transmitted - so you can't get it from a toilet seat. The virus will die after leaving the other person's body, so you are at zero risk from this incident. Good though to talk to partner(s) about safe sex - that's the best way to avoid herpes and the other STDs that are out there.

Question 3

Can i get infected with herpes by drinking my infected parthner's urine?

Accepted Answer

Urine inhibits many bacteria and viruses; and even if your partner had an active genital herpes outbreak, both dilution and the uribe's anti-viral poperties probably would reduce any infection risk to zero or close to it. I wouldn't worry about it.

Question 4

Herpes paranoia : can you get herpes through urine? can you get herpes through bed sheets? can you get herpes from the floor? sorry i'm just paranoid

Accepted Answer

Herpes is spread by direct contact with the lesion on an infected person.  It is not passed through the urine. There may be recorded instances of transmission through objects, but I have not read any personally. (One can never say never in medicine :) )

Question 5

I want to engage in golden showers with my partner but she has tested positive for genital herpes.  can i get it from ingesting her urine?

Accepted Answer

Some viruses, such as the ones that cause herpes and genital warts, can be transmitted through skin to skin contact. There is no transmission of STDs through urine. So, the chance of getting an STD from a shower of urine is next to zero.

Question 6

Can you get infected with genital herpes if you touched your own urine and then touch your face ?

Accepted Answer

That sounds very unlikely.  Herpes can spread fairly easily through contact with body fluids. When in doubt, a blood test can confirm or exclude herpes 1 or 2.

Question 7

Can you get herpes from a tiny spec of urine? let me explain. so i work in a hospital setting and while i was changing a catheter, a tiny spec of urine flicked my lip (i am assuming it was urine). i washed it with soap and water the second it happened. he

Accepted Answer

Herpes isn&#x27;t transmitted so easily. Usually the virus has to be massaged into exposed tissues, which is why initial genital herpes usually involves areas that receive maximum friction during sex. Also, urine inactivates most bacteria and viruses and rarely if ever transmits any STD. If you remain concerned, discuss with your hospital&#x27;s infection control personnel. But truly, herpes isn&#x27;t a risk.

Question 8

If you have genital herpes and you go to take a pee and a little drop of urine lands on your upper lip, will you get infected ?

Accepted Answer

Transfer of an HSV infection from the area first involved to another area is called auto-inoculation. It sometimes occurs during the first infection, i.e. within several weeks of catching the virus. After that, the immune system prevents auto-inoculation. If someone has had genital or oral herpes more than a few months, it is very unlikely s/he will ever self infect other places on the body.

Question 9

Can herpes show up in a urine test?

Accepted Answer

Not aware of any urine test that would detect the presence of herpes simplex.

Question 10

Hi,can a urine test detect herpes 1&2?

Accepted Answer

Need a smear from lesions
Sometimes blood test helpful as well

Can you get herpes from urine