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A 28-year-old male asked:
What is the chance of catching herpes or any std if someone scratches back of your hand by his finger nail during playing basketball? i suspect that person might have touched his mouth during the game?
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Dr. Kelly Murphyanswered
Emergency Medicine 6 years experience
HSV1 and HSV2 (the ones that cause oral and genital herpes) typically spread through contact with broken mucous membranes (such as lips/gums and genital area). If a contaminated fingernail scratched the back of your hand, it is very unlikely that it will spread there unless there was a large gash on your hand and there was a lot of virus on the dirty fingernail in question.
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Answered Sep 08, 2022
Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
Practically none. Herpes is not spread that way.
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Answered Sep 21, 2022
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