Should You Take a Bath with a Herpes Outbreak?

Take warm or cool baths to relieve itching of sores. And don't share towels when you have a sore. Urinate in a tub of warm water to prevent burning. This works for women with genital herpes.

Can herpes spread in bath water?

Sharing a bath or shower together isn't a way the herpes virus is passed on – the same is true for spa baths and swimming pools. Washing clothes in the same washing machine, even when a person has a herpes recurrence, will not pass on the virus.

What can I put in the bath for herpes?

Self-care for genital herpes

Wear loose-fitting cotton underwear. If an area feels painful, place a cold compress on it. To cleanse and sooth painful sores, reduce itchiness, or decrease tenderness, take an Epsom salts bath. You want to soak for 10 to 20 minutes.