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Can i get oral herpes from sharing drinking straw with infected person with no cold sore at the time?
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NO YOU CAN NOT BUT: No you can not get herpes by sharing drinking straw.Oral hepes is caused by hsv1 virus which causes cold sores.Most people have had this virus in childhood and if you share a straw with someone who has no lesions there is may be theoretically very very small risk of getting infected but in practice it is not really possible. But as an advice you should not share straws as it is not hygienic.
Answered 6/17/2018
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Risky: An infected person can shed virus that could result in transmission without having an obvious lesion. In america at lest 1 in 4 people have herpes - 90% of them do not know they have it, and 3% of them are shedding virus (they are contagious) at any one time. Better to have your own straw and not take a chance.
Answered 4/14/2018
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