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What is herpetic whitlow?

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Finger herpes: Herpes infection involving a finger or thumb.

Answered 7/26/2012

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If you suffer from cold sores already, can you also suffer with herpes whitlow?

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Can herpetic whitlow enter through dry skin? So no wounds etc, just really dry skin.

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Can a herpetic whitlow on the finger come back or is it one time occurrence?

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At what stage of the outbreak the herpetic whitlow on the finger could spread herpes to one's other parts of the body?

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How do i know my herpetic whitlow is fully healed? scabbed over after 3-4 weeks, now vesicles are forming though painfree in same site

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