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Can you get a uti from touching your penis with bacteria on your hand?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No risk: UTIs are not due to the kind of bacteria typically on the hands and fingers, and hand-genital contact does not cause UTI. And UTIs are rare in men your age.

Answered 1/19/2021

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