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can you get herpes on your feet
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered
28 years experience Podiatry
Yes: Herpes zoster is a condition that can indeed present in the foot otherwise known as shingles.
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Dr. Robert Killian answered
28 years experience General Practice
It is time: I am sorry but it is time for you to move on to a different forum or a different subject. Abusing this system is rude. The doctor's here are volunteer ... Read More
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Dr. Vahe Yetimyan answered
51 years experience General Practice
No.: Herpes transmission occurs from skin to skin contact not the way that you are describing.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Martin Raff answered
56 years experience Infectious Disease
Genital herpes: No. You get this virus by direct person to person contact with open lesions or fluids like semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, and so on. You do not ge ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Alan Jackson answered
30 years experience Addiction Medicine
No: Feet not involved in primary herpes infection.
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Dr. Joel Gallant answered
36 years experience Infectious Disease
Consider prevention: If you get frequent outbreaks, you should consider taking daily prophylaxis (e.g. Valacyclovir) to prevent outbreaks.
A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Steven Hebert answered
29 years experience Pathology
probably not: Usually herpes will reactivate the initial site of infection and rarely travels around the body unless you have severe compromise of your immune syste ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Vahe Yetimyan answered
51 years experience General Practice
Yes, possible.: It can happen if someone with active lesion or history of herpes infection touches to your heal area it can make a lesion appear in that area. It got ... Read More
A female asked:
Dr. Donald Colantino answered
61 years experience Internal Medicine
Not likely,but: I'm unclear as to what the ingredients are, but I doubt that it would be a likely possibility.However I don't approve of using used applicators on oth ... Read More
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Arthur Balin answered
47 years experience Dermatology
Tines cruris: The rashes look different. Definitive diagnosis is made by culturing a scraping for fungus . This will also tell you what type of fungus it is becau ... Read More
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