how can it be transmitted - Herpes Message Board

evelyn55 · 09-22-2008, 04:00 PM

can you get herpes from a toilet seat
or from touching. I was told that if a person with herpes sits on the toilet and a sore breaks and the fluid or whatever stays on the seat, you can become infected

kilgore52 · 09-22-2008, 05:33 PM

It is rare but the lit. says it can last on the seat for who knows how long but I believe that it is rare. touching the sore and rubbing eyes or having a cut on your finger, then yes. It can spread through a break in the skin from oral or regular sex. They say that shedding of the virus and the actual outbreak can spread. It's a sneaky virus and we just don't know when it decides to erupt.