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If u have genital herpes and u grab your genitals with shorts on then touch ur earphones and then ur earphones touch ur mouth will you get infected?

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Dr. Philip Miller answered

With an outbreak: you are contagious and immunosuppressed . Lesions can spread, usually by sexual secretions; however. self inoculation is also possible.

Answered 9/7/2016

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A member asked:

If u have genital herpes and u grab your genitals with shorts on then touch ur earphones and then ur earphones touch ur mouth will you get infected?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Philip Miller answered

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