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This is an email I just received by someone who is a trusted source of information and involved in the medical research field. Since independent research is available online, I'm passing this on:
Hi! I'm sending this on to you because I thought you might be interested. I just found out about Herpes Whitlow, which is a herpes infection in the fingers. A friend of mine has HSV-2 in his fingers and recently passed it genitally to his sexual partner through manual stimulation (they were aware of, and accepted the risk before becoming sexually active). I believe herpes infections in the fingers are relatively rare; however knowing someone who contracted it this way makes it seem like a risk at least worth considering. I'm not trying to introduce paranoia or anything, but it may be worth considering when assessing the relative safety of manual stimulation. To me it just further enforces the
importance of testing and knowing one's sexual status, as not much is really truly "safe". There's a fair amount of information online if you're interested (including pictures), though I haven't really had the chance to comb through it (just grist for the mill right now).
I'm hoping this doesn't take on the aspects of the usual hoax email forwards with "A friend of mine knows this guy who has this cousin who's dog's last owner had a neighbor and it REALLY HAPPENED TO HIM", but it's still some information I thought was important to pass on.
Hi! I'm sending this on to you because I thought you might be interested. I just found out about Herpes Whitlow, which is a herpes infection in the fingers. A friend of mine has HSV-2 in his fingers and recently passed it genitally to his sexual partner through manual stimulation (they were aware of, and accepted the risk before becoming sexually active). I believe herpes infections in the fingers are relatively rare; however knowing someone who contracted it this way makes it seem like a risk at least worth considering. I'm not trying to introduce paranoia or anything, but it may be worth considering when assessing the relative safety of manual stimulation. To me it just further enforces the
importance of testing and knowing one's sexual status, as not much is really truly "safe". There's a fair amount of information online if you're interested (including pictures), though I haven't really had the chance to comb through it (just grist for the mill right now).
I'm hoping this doesn't take on the aspects of the usual hoax email forwards with "A friend of mine knows this guy who has this cousin who's dog's last owner had a neighbor and it REALLY HAPPENED TO HIM", but it's still some information I thought was important to pass on.
