 [ Symptoms ] can you take a bath with hsv 2 [ Disease ] yes bathing is not contraindicated and will not spread the infection to other areas while it would be highly unlikely for a herpes infection to remain in bathtub it would be good to clean and sanitize the tub for the next person take a bit of caution with drying off a towel can be quite abrasive to this sensitive area so consider air drying or using a warm setting on a blow dryer instead of contaminating a towel the virus can remain on certain surfaces especially damp ones for a short period of time so a bit of caution is needed hopefully you are taking a good anti viral medication to treat this condition and limit future outbreaks