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Can you get herpes from your penis touching the inside of a toilet or seat? (i had small open tears at top of foreskin from skin being dry?
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Herpes is essentially transmitted from skin to skin contact rather than from other objects. Getting a herpes infection from a toilet seat is considered highly unlikely even though the virus can survive on objects for hours but starts to degrade quickly outside the body. I don't think it would be something to worry about.
Answered 9/26/2021
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