A 50-year-old member asked:

can you tell me if a man has low white blood cells but his girlfriend has herpes could he have it to?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Psychiatry 25 years experience

Regardless of WBC: count , the man might also have a herpetic infection. However, it may not be readily obvious if he does not have active lesions.

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