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Is it possible for someone to get genital herpes on their hands by touching someone's butt who has herpes?
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No risk, no worries: In theory this could happen, in reality it never does. Almost every sexually active person has hand contact with their partners' genital and anal areas, but nobody ever gets herpes of the fingers. Don't worry about it.
Answered 3/3/2018
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