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A member asked:
I have oral herpes. could a small quantity of the virus survive in the toilet paper and infect my genitals when i wipe myself?
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No risk, no worry: You needn't worry at all. Once someone has had HSV for more than a few weeks, they are highly resistant or entirely immune to new infections with the same virus type, anywhere on the body. People with oral herpes never infect their own genitals.
Answered 7/22/2017
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