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Can u get herpes if someone touches a sore on their body then touches a gas pump, then u touch and use the gas pump and rub someones back after? (i was the one getting my back rubbed) can it spread to my back? i have pimples/ some open?

Q: can u get herpes if someone touches a sore on their body then touches a gas pump, then u touch and use the gas pump and rub someones back after? (i was the one getting my back rubbed) can it spread to my back? i have pimples/ some open?

: No risk at all. You cannot catch herpes except by someone's herpes sore coming in direct contact with your genital area, mouth, etc. The virus is never transmitted by indirect exposure or by contact with contaminated surfaces, hands, fingers, etc. Don't worry about this.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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No risk at all. You cannot catch herpes except by someone's herpes sore coming in direct contact with your genital area, mouth, etc. The virus is never transmitted by indirect exposure or by contact with contaminated surfaces, hands, fingers, etc. Don't worry about this.

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Answered 5/27/2023

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A member asked:

Can u get herpes if someone touches a sore on their body then touches a gas pump, then u touch and use the gas pump and rub someones back after? (i was the one getting my back rubbed) can it spread to my back? i have pimples/ some open?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Dr Kuitems agreed

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