have you ever had herpes of the FINGER? I was told I have Herpes Whitlow on my finger....it is very painful?

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does anyone know how often this might come back....and will it spread?

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You can catch herpes on any part of the body, anywhere where the herpes virus can enter the skin, through a cut or thinner skin. In practice this means that herpes is most often caught on the mucous membranes of the genitals and mouth. However, you can also get herpes whitlow on your finger, herpes on your body - wrestlers are prone to this (herpes gladiatorum) - or herpes of the eye (ocular herpes) which is usually transmitted there from a cold sore on your own mouth being touched before you rub your eye.

It can spread, although once you have had it a while this is less likely. DO NOT touch your eyes or mouth when you have an flare up, and DO NOT touch your genitals when you have a flare up, because this could cause genital herpes.

If you have given it to yourself from your mouth, it will not be a primary infection and so will probably not be that bad. At most herpes is a bit tender - it is just having a cold sore on your finger, so a couple of blisters that turn into a sore and vanish within a few days. If you have just caught it, you may actually feel ill with it too - hepres is a virus and can cause a fever when you are first exposed to it - you might feel a bit flu-ey.

It isn't anything to worry about, but think twice before touching your eyes with the finger and don't touch your genitals with it when you have any symptoms, even a tingle in the area. You really don't want to transfer it to those areas, however small the chance. Remember the same goes if you are ever touching someone else's genitals too - you might want to tell them. I don't know about herpes whitlow, but certainly for both genital and oral herpes, there is a chance of passing it even when symptoms are not present.

Flare ups vary person to person - herpes whilow is often caused by hsv-1, and on the mouth certainly this can come back several times a year, but for some people it never flares up again, although even if it doesn't, you are still infected and can still pass the infection on to someone else. I have genital herpes type 1, and you are only supposed to get about 1 outbreak every 2 years with it, but I am unlucky and get about 6 a year.

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There are two types of herpes simplex virus: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Both virus types can cause sores around the mouth (herpes labialis) and on the genitals (genital herpes). Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).

Cold sores sometimes called fever blisters, are groups of small blisters on the lip and around the mouth. The skin around the blisters is often red, swollen, and sore. The blisters may break open, leak a clear fluid, and then scab over after a few days. They usually heal in several days to 2 weeks.

The herpes simplex virus usually enters the body through a break in the skin around or inside the mouth. It is usually spread when a person touches a cold sore or touches infected fluid—such as from sharing eating utensils or razors, kissing an infected person, or touching that person's saliva. A parent who has a cold sore often spreads the infection to his or her child in this way. Cold sores can also be spread to other areas of the body.

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have you ever had herpes of the FINGER? I was told I have Herpes Whitlow on my finger....it is very painful?