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Can hsv1 travel to legs and cause tiny red razor like bumbs? or any where else to the body

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Not herpes: HSV doesn't behave at all like this. Once someone has HSV (either type 1 or 2) for more than a few months, the immune system prevents auto-inoculation, i.e. spread to new body parts. Something else is the cause of this rash. If it's in an area you shave, perhaps "razor" has a different meaning than you intended: shaving can trigger folluculitis, i.e. the red bumps of hair follicle inflammation.

Answered 4/30/2015

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