How long can herpes live outside the body?

The herpes virus can only live for a very short period of time outside of the body. For example, if a person with active genital herpes sat on a toilet seat and spread secretions from an open weeping sore to the seat, you would have to sit on the same seat right after that person got up. In addition the secretions on the seat would have to enter an open wound on your body for you to be at risk. In theory it is possible to get herpes from a toilet seat, but very highly unlikely.

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I have contacted CDC they say my claim has never been documented so ther is a very small chance that I did get an STD from a doctor scratching me. What I need is the TIME LINE on how long genital herpies can live outside the body. I need help in finding this answer, ASAP

How long can herpes live outside the body? time lines are to one second to the perfect storm . and what i mean by that is the warm air and moisture has to be perfect for this virus to live even a few minutes outside the body and then it is not perfect .and i would not tell you this without thinking that this is correct to advise you in this kind of condition. there can be no time lines in this kind of condition to tell any one that a virus can live a certain amount of time because of the lab conditions that have to be present to maintain life to the virus. and this has to be in a controlled lab to even test this. so no one does not unless very unlucky get a virus off a toilet seat and not from a scratch from a doctor because this will be impossible to prove!

This answer was edited by kbky11 114 days ago.

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If I had been tested for this and had nothing, then without having had any sexual contact with anyone, how is it possible to have this if not by this doctor,s actions.? I have,nt had a sexual relationship in years after being tested and found neg. Then a doctor rakes me and i come up positive for something that is said i could have had long before.

How long can herpes live outside the body ? Point taken and i think that you may be right the way you explained this and i know of no other way to get this . and the proof is in and i think that the doctor may have cause this!

So now that I am understood, How long of a time frame would have this doctor needed to transfer this to me? I was in the room with him for about 35 minutes. He asked the nurse if I had had a neg pap test, to which she left my side and turned her back to him. I started breaking out within a month of the exam. I was sick and almost passed out. At first I thought I had bugbites of boils so I did,nt get checked for this until it kept breaking out around the same time I should have had my monthly. I reported his actions to the prison where I was at, but only after a year had passed. They did nothing to him. I reported his actions toPREA Prison Legal Services, and to the Medical Board. The time frame has expired to get the doctor charged for any wrong doing. So he got slapped on the wrist while I got slapped in the face. Now I also get to keep what he gave me and nothing will ever be done to keep him from doing this to others.

The herpes virus does not live very long outside the body. It needs the human body as a host in which to replicate and be infective. This is one of the main reasons why herpes can be only be spread via skin to skin contact during sex and close contact with others.

Herpes can live dormant in the body for a while before any noticeable outbreaks or symptoms appear.

Skin was broken during the exam. When he raked me he used a brush like object. He had time the do anything while the nurse had her back turned to us. I saw the brush that he used only in parts. Until this happened to me I did,nt even know a brush was used in a pap test. The brush used was an old smoky white looking object. He removed it from his shirt pocket. It was small and had ridges along the sides, and would about the size of a drinking straw. It was no more than 6'' in lenght. Is this the right brush used in this exam? During the exam I could,nt see much of him other than from the second button of his shirt. The medical file that the nurse was looking in to find the answer to his question was out of order, which gave him all the time needed to do what he did. I also found that I was,nt the only inmate he has done this to.

I don't have an answer to your herpes question, but if you feel this doctor did something wrong, report him to the American Medical Association. You say that you are not the only inmate this doctor has done this to. I would also encourage the other inmates to report him to the AMA. I know it won't change what happened to you (and I am very sorry about this) but perhaps you can save someone else heartache by reporting him. Also, I worked for an OB/GYN and I do not recall the doctor ever using a 'brush' instrument such as you describe in a female exam so I have no idea what this was.