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A member asked:
Is kissing someone with a cold sore any different than kissing the same person with no current outbreak? (when it come to contagiousness)
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Maybe: Some people with cold sores shed the virus even is they don't have active lesions, which means they are contagious. The only way to know this is to do a test at the doctor's office when the person doesn't have a visible cold sore.
Answered 5/25/2014
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