Hi,

I know what everyone is going to say, and no I didnt get a culture done.

A week or so ago I ended up one morning with a cluster of itchy blister like
bumps on the underside of my right arm near the wrist area. There were about
5 blisters, 4 are connected and one near the cluster, the cluster feels kind
of hard to the touch. They started out white and itchy and then went to red
and itchy and a little sore, and one was open and later scabbed. I was
wondering if I could have spread herpes from my genitals to my arm when I
was washing up? Is that common in a healthy person who has had genital
herpes for 12 years or more?

What about the gym? I work out at a healthclub. Could I have gotten herpes
on my arm that way like from touching equipment?

I know it cannot be poison ivy because if it were it would have spread down
the arm and plus I wasnt in the woods. It doesnt look like a bug bite either
or an allergic reaction.

Al