Hello I came across this statement Herpes is NEVER transmitted by contact with contaminated objects. Even in the households of infected people, sharing kitchens, bathrooms, drinking glasses, towels etc, nobody else ever gets it except by kissing or sexual exposure. So no worries at all! Is this statement true. I have genital herpes. I’m not on any medicine. For the last 3yrs my son has been getting what we think is boils like in his private area. I’m so scared he contracted this from me somehow. The doc looked at it and stated it did not look like herpes. But he keeps getting them every other month. He has been complaining about headaches almost everyday. I catch him scratching his upper pubic area. this morning he told me he had a rash like there. Could that be herpes? He’s not sexually active no oral no penetration. Could he have contracted this non sexually by using the same bathroom as me? Should I have the Dr swab test him he just turned 18 I don’t want him to have this from me. If I forgot to wash my hands and got it on the doorknob, toilet handle, etc could he have gotten it that way?  Would you recommend I get him swab tested. I feel like that’s the only thing that would put my mind at ease. Also if his hand hygiene wasn’t up to par or mine do you think that’s  a way of possible transmission? Have you ever seen a case of non sexual genital herpes from mother to child through household activities?