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Does the first herpes whitlow outbreak always appears within the first few weeks of touching a sore or can it appear later on? if it does not appear for a month have you lucked out?
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Whitlow unlikely: Herpes whitlow is uncommon: almost everyone with herpes "lucks out", i.e. never has whitlow. When it occurs, it is almost always along with an iniital herpes infection -- usually oral, rarely genital. Once the initial infection has healed, whitlow is extremely unlikely at any time after that. If you had a recrrent herpes sore (not initial infection), you couldn't infect your finger if you tried.
Answered 9/17/2020
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