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Is it okay to take a bath if i have herpes? will it cause it to spread?
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Maybe: If you are shedding virus, you could potentially spread the disease. Still, in a tub of water, it would be very diluted and would not survive for long outside of your body. As long as you are bathing alone, i suspect it would be extremely unlikely that you would spread the infection.
Answered 4/24/2016
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