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If i gave a handjob to someone with genital herpes and then masterbated after could i contract genital herpes from the virus being on my hands? what if the person did not have any lesions at the time but could be asymptomatic shedding ?
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Herpes is never transmitted by such indirect contact. That is true even if your partner had an obvious herpes outbreak, and certainly this cannot occur with asymptomatic viral shedding. Not enough virus can be transmitted in this fashion. Don't worry about it.
Answered 1/6/2023
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It can happen- but the chances are low.
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