Help! Can you get a herpes outbreak on your back?

[mlss08]

Hey everyone! I have like an inchy zit on my bare back, but now that I look at it I'm not sure if its just a zit. I have hsv 2 but I thought you can only get it below the waist line. I am just going to look at it tomorrow and see what happens. I'm probably just being paranoid. Please let me know if anyone has ever had this! Just curious if its possible! Thanks

[mr_hopp]

I've heard herpes outbreaks happening around the bellybutton, on the butt, but I haven't heard of outbreaks on the back ... but if for some reason the fluid from an outbreak got into an abrasion on your back, then it could turn into a back outbreak. But it usually takes some work to spread herpes to a spot that's not the genitals or mouth.

[mlss08]

I'm not sure though.. It could be a spider bite. Again, I'm not sure and I have been paranoid about everything that's going on with my body. It's itchy and red!