A patient has herpes on her back and it only is on her back. It is contracted through someone who has herpes and touched her.
2007-07-19 13:39:06 · 5 answers · asked by Loving the parent life 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
It could be shingles (herpes zoster).
Shingles cannot be passed from one person to another. However, the virus that causes shingles, VZV, can be spread from a person with active shingles to a person who has never had chickenpox through direct contact with the rash. The person exposed would then develop chickenpox, not shingles. The virus is not spread through sneezing, coughing or casual contact. A person with shingles can spread the disease when the rash is in the blister-phase. Once the rash has developed crusts, the person is no longer contagious. A person is not infectious before blisters appear or with post-herpetic neuralgia (pain after the rash is gone).
Chickenpox virus can remain dormant for decades, and does so inside the ganglion near the spinal cord. As the virus is reactivated it spreads down peripheral nerve fibers and produces intense pain. The blisters therefore only affect one area of the body and do not cross the midline. They are most common on the torso, but can also appear on the face (where they are potentially hazardous to vision) or other parts of the body.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingles
The ONLY kind of herpes that is considered sexually transmitted is genital herpes. All the other kinds of herpes including cold sores, chickenpox, shingles, mono, and some other illnesses are NOT sexually transmited.
2007-07-19 18:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Could be herpes zoster better known as shingles, herpes gladitorium often found on wrestlers, grapplers, jiu-jitsu pracritioners and others, chicken pox is also a form of herpes that is transmitted through skin to skin contact. It is also unusual but possible to get oral and genital herpes on your back it's most likely one of the first 2.
2007-07-19 13:57:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IS caused by close oral, anal, or genital contact, including intercourse, masturbation, kissing, or any direct skin-to-skin contact which allows for the transfer of bodily fluids.
A person is considered contagious when prodromal symptoms, active sores, and healing lesions are present.
Herpes is potentially contagious when no symptoms are present. That is, a person who has genital herpes is potentially always shedding active virus.
2007-07-19 14:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋