[Question #9052] Herpes Transmission to Other Parts
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36 months ago
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I asked a question a couple months ago regarding three possible situations. I received an answer about oral and genital herpes but want to know if a herpes whitlow condition or herpes gladatorium-like condition is possible in those situations. In other words, could herpes have been transmitted to a person's feet or fingers in those situations?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
36 months ago
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Can you re-describe the situations you are concerned about please?
Terri
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36 months ago
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These were the three:
1. While having a sore on my lip, I was eating a hard crumbly bar and some of it fell from my mouth onto the floor. Could herpes have been transmitted to a person that stepped on it with an opening on their foot immediately or within a few seconds after?
2. In a similar instance to the first, I was eating from a chicken leg while having a sore, and a person picked it up within a few seconds after I was eating from it, and threw it away. Could herpes have been transmitted if this person had an opening on their finger?
3. If, after using the restroom of my home, some of my urine was on the floor near the toilet, and a person with an opening on their foot stepped on it immediately after, could herpes have been transmitted? I was not having pain while urinating, but I want you to assume that I did have a sore or spot on my penis at the time.
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
36 months ago
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1. Absolutely not
2. Absolutely not
3. Again, absolutely not.
None of these experiences present any risk of transmitting your oral infection or genital infection (if you even have one) to another person.
I hope this reassures you.
Terri
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